Yakushijin, Yoshihiro
Horiba, Kazuhiro
Hashino, Masanori
Yamanaka, Shintaro
Hasebe, Shinji
Yamamoto, Shoichiro
Fujii, Tomomi
Takenaka, Katsuto
Yasukawa, Masaki
Article History
Received: 17 February 2026
Accepted: 24 April 2026
First Online: 4 May 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Ehime University Hospital (approval No: Ehime2406005; Date: June 9, 2024). Owing to the retrospective design and use of anonymized data, the requirement for written informed consent was waived by the IRB.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.