Fujii, Hideki
Hayama, Tetsuo
Amagami, Ayano
Yonemoto, Keigo
Matsushita, Yohei
Saito, Mitsuru
Article History
Received: 25 March 2025
Accepted: 24 September 2025
First Online: 17 October 2025
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the institutional review board of The Jikei University (Approval number: 29–043(8659)).
: All the authors have read and agreed to its content and are accountable for all aspects of the accuracy and integrity of the manuscript in accordance with ICMJE criteria and confirmed that the article is original, has not already been published in a journal, and is not currently under consideration by another journal. All the authors agree with the publication in the Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research under the BioMed Central Copyright and License Agreement.
: The authors declare no competing interests.