Kotera, Tomoka
Sasaki, Hanae
Yamazaki, Hajime
Tsukada, Toru
Osaka, Motoo
Sakamoto, Hiroaki
Hashimoto, Shinji
Enomoto, Tsuyoshi
Hiramatsu, Yuji
Tokunaga, Chiho https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1349-4148
Article History
Received: 3 April 2025
Accepted: 19 November 2025
First Online: 3 December 2025
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of the University of Tsukuba (approval number: R04-065). The requirement for informed consent was waived owing to the retrospective nature of the study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.