Koyama, Genki
Nakano, Masaki
Shimizu, Yusuke
Mimura, Yu
Kurose, Shin
Ogino, Satoyuki
Takata, Taketo
Uchida, Hiroyuki
Funayama, Michitaka
Article History
Received: 24 December 2025
Accepted: 19 May 2026
First Online: 31 May 2026
Declarations
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: The authors assert that all procedures contributing to this work comply with the ethical standards of the relevant national and institutional committees on human experimentation and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2013. All procedures were approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee at Ashikaga Red Cross Hospital (approved on August 7th, 2024; approval number 2024-25). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants after a thorough explanation of the potential benefits and risks.
: Written informed consent for publication was obtained from all participants.
: The datasets generated and analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author (GK) upon request.
: The authors declare no competing interests.