Sato, Hideaki https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9688-4956
Aoki, Shuichi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4221-0236
Iseki, Masahiro
Ando, Mika
Hayashi, Shuichiro
Yoshimachi, Shingo
Kusaka, Akiko
Shimura, Mitsuhiro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4147-8081
Douchi, Daisuke
Miura, Takayuki https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9744-5537
Maeda, Shimpei
Ishida, Masaharu
Mizuma, Masamichi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6436-5477
Masamune, Atsushi
Unno, Michiaki https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2145-6416
Article History
Received: 6 August 2025
Accepted: 20 November 2025
First Online: 7 January 2026
Declarations
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: The study protocol was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Tohoku University (approval number: 2024-1-668). Written informed consent was obtained from all patients regarding the use of their clinical data.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.