Yazaki, Kai
Matsuyama, Masashi
Satoh, Hiroaki
Miyazaki, Kunihiko
Arai, Naoki
Ishii, Yukio
Endo, Takeo
Kaburagi, Takayuki
Kawakami, Takeshi
Iijima, Hiroaki
Motegi, Toshiaki
Hayashi, Shigen
Kikuchi, Norihiro
Sakamoto, Tohru
Hizawa, Nobuyuki
Article History
Received: 16 June 2025
Accepted: 1 December 2025
First Online: 5 December 2025
Declarations
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: The study protocol was approved by the ethics committees of Tsukuba University Hospital (approval number R05-214) and other hospitals and was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The requirement to obtain informed consent was waived because this was a retrospective study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.