Okazaki, Tomoya https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6635-3541
Imagama, Takashi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8509-1850
Matsuki, Yuta
Tanaka, Hiroshi
Shiigi, Eiichi
Kaneoka, Takehiro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2742-4183
Kawakami, Takehiro https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6363-560X
Yamazaki, Kazuhiro
Sakai, Takashi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6367-1299
Article History
Received: 19 December 2023
Accepted: 23 September 2024
First Online: 4 October 2024
Declarations
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: This retrospective, case-control study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine (the ethics committee of Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, reference number: H2020-068) and all patients provided informed consent. The ethical standards from the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments were upheld.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.