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Article History

Received: 23 January 2025

Accepted: 17 June 2025

First Online: 15 July 2025

Declarations

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: This study was conducted according to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Ethics Committee of Toyohashi municipal hospital (Approval No. 795). All participants provided written informed consent, indicating their voluntary participation in this study and their right to withdraw at any time. If it was not possible to obtain consent form from the patients for some reasons, the consent was obtained from their family.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.