Kumasawa, Junji https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4619-945X
Okamoto, Hiroshi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4537-6282
Naito, Takaki https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8333-0141
Asaga, Takehiko
Kimura, Masayoshi
Kotani, Toru https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-0061
Komatsu, Yasuhiro
Suzuki, Takeshi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3703-9323
Takahashi, Tetsuya https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6068-7623
Takei, Tetsuhiro
Nishimura, Masaji https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8679-2672
Hashimoto, Satoru https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6726-9966
Yamaguchi, Hiroko
Doi, Matsuyuki https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8574-8776
Article History
Received: 28 December 2025
Accepted: 1 February 2026
First Online: 10 February 2026
Declarations
:
: This study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of Sakai City Medical Center (Approval No. S-17-061; date: 10 Dec 2017).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.