Kaneko, Mami https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6843-3494
Nohara, Atsushi
Munemoto, Masayoshi
Nishimura, Yuka
Kawabata, Takayoshi
Wakita, Shigenori
Yoshino, Hiroshi
Article History
Received: 19 June 2026
Accepted: 26 August 2026
First Online: 29 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital (Approval No. 2591) and conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Due to the retrospective nature of this study, the requirement for written informed consent was waived. Instead, an opt-out procedure was employed, in which patients were given the opportunity to decline participation through a publicly available institutional notice.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.