Matsuoka, Takashi
Suzuki, Issei
Suzuki, Ryosuke
Fukunaga, Arinobu
Tohi, Yoichiro
Sugino, Yoshio
Okada, Takuya
Kawakita, Mutsushi
Article History
Received: 11 December 2024
Accepted: 29 May 2025
First Online: 4 June 2025
Declarations
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: This study conformed to the Declaration of Helsinki on Human Research Ethics standards and was approved by the Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital Institutional Review Board (approval no. 15037) and has been conducted since May 17, 2016. Informed consent was obtained from all participants involved in this study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.