Yamakita, Nana
Kanaya, Kohei https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9667-9828
Agata, Masahiro
Maruyama, Takumi
Kubota, Yuki
Yokota, Akifumi
Nakamura, Takuya
Horiuchi, Tetsuyoshi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Medical Education Foundation
Article History
Received: 15 November 2025
Accepted: 25 March 2026
First Online: 31 March 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Ethics Committee on Clinical Investigation of Shinshu University (IRB number 6661). Informed consent was obtained from all participants.
: Written informed consent for publication of Fig. was obtained from the individual depicted in the image.
: The authors declare no competing interests.