Aoki, Tomoaki
Goto, Hironobu
Koterazawa, Yasufumi
Ando, Masayuki
Sugita, Yutaka
Ikeda, Taro
Harada, Hitoshi
Otowa, Yasunori
Urakawa, Naoki
Hasegawa, Hiroshi
Kanaji, Shingo
Yamashita, Kimihiro
Matsuda, Takeru
Kakeji, Yoshihiro
Article History
Received: 31 October 2025
Accepted: 22 January 2026
First Online: 29 January 2026
Declarations
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: Oral and written informed consent will be obtained for every participant by the treating surgeon. The study protocol (currently version 2.0) was approved by the ethical committee of Kobe University on June 12nd, 2025. The study will be performed in accordance with the Kobe University Conflicts of Interest Management Guidelines and adhered to the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki (1995), as revised in Edinburgh in 2000.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.