Ninomiya, Hironori
Sato, Yukiko
Inamura, Kentaro
Dobashi, Akito
Takeuchi, Kengo
Mitani, Hiroki
Mun, Mingyon
Nishio, Makoto
Ishikawa, Yuichi
Article History
Received: 25 October 2023
Accepted: 16 January 2024
First Online: 7 February 2024
Declarations
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: This study involved human participants but was granted a waiver for the requirement of informed consent due to retrospective analysis of anonymized data. The study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional review board at the JFCR, and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The approval number is [JFCR (#2012–1042)].
: The authors declare no competing interests.