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Article History

Received: 24 October 2025

Accepted: 22 January 2026

First Online: 4 March 2026

Declarations

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: Author Kitajima and Daisaki have received research grants from Nihon Medi-Physics Co., Ltd (Tokyo, Japan). The sponsor of the study had no role in design or conduct of the study, data collection or interpretation, or preparation of the report. There are no other potential conflicts of interest relevant to this study to be reported. We clearly state that human participants have the approval of anappropriate named ethics committee including Helsinki declaration.The authors confirm that this manuscript has not been published orpresented elsewhere, in part or in entirety, and is not underconsideration by any other journal. All authors have made substantialcontributions to this work and have read and approved the finalsubmitted version. The Ethics Committee of Hyogo College of Medicine (number 4388)and other institutions approved the present study and writteninformed consent was obtained from all patients.

: We clearly state that human participants have the approval of an appropriate named ethics committee including Helsinki declaration. This retrospective study was approved by the institutional review board, and the need for patient informed consent was waived.