Iizuka, Hideto
Irie, Hidehiro
Chubachi, Shotaro
Nishikawa, Keisuke
Nishizawa, Takaki
Fukuzawa, Kohei
Arai, Tetsuya
Shimada, Takashi
Otake, Shiro
Sakurai, Kaori
Iijima, Hiroaki
Tanabe, Naoya
Tanimura, Kazuya
Shimizu, Kaoruko
Sato, Susumu
Nakamura, Hidetoshi
Asano, Koichiro
Fukunaga, Koichi
Article History
Received: 4 October 2025
Accepted: 9 April 2026
First Online: 17 April 2026
Declarations
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: The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committees of Keio University and its affiliated hospitals, and all participants provided written informed consent for the use of their data. This study adhered to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki, as adopted at the 59th World Medical Association General Assembly in Seoul, Korea, in October 2008.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.