Ohbe, Hiroyuki https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8544-2569
Sasabuchi, Yusuke https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7828-0549
Kimura, Yuya https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1649-0596
Matsui, Hiroki https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0004-4743
Fushimi, Kiyohide https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1894-0290
Yasunaga, Hideo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6017-469X
Kudo, Daisuke https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8213-5176
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (23AA2003 and 24AA2006)
Article History
Received: 17 October 2025
Accepted: 21 November 2025
First Online: 29 November 2025
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Tokyo (approval number: 3501-5; approval date: May 19, 2021) and conducted in accordance with the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki. No information permitting the identification of individual patients, hospitals, or physicians was obtained. Hence, the requirement for informed consent was waived because of the anonymous nature of the data.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.