Suzuki, Atsushi
Kumagai, Gentaro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0597-6603
Wada, Kanichiro
Aburakawa, Kotaro
Nitobe, Yohshiro
Takeda, On
Chiba, Noriyuki
Ishibashi, Yasuyuki
Article History
Received: 13 June 2025
Accepted: 28 November 2025
First Online: 5 December 2025
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Hirosaki University Hospital (Approval No. 2018-1002). Written informed consent to participate was obtained from all individual participants included in this study, in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and relevant national guidelines.
: Not applicable. (No individual identifying personal or clinical information is included in this article.).
: The authors declare no competing interests.