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Takamura, Koki
Ishizu, Koichi
Okuyama, Chio
Ueno, Tomohiro
Sugimoto, Naozo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8557-9394
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Article History
Received: 1 December 2025
Accepted: 3 April 2026
First Online: 19 April 2026
Declarations
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: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Ethics Committee of Kyoto University (No. R4744-2) and Shiga General Hospital (No. 250513-04). Comprehensive informed consent for the secondary use of clinical data was ensured by publicly disclosing an information document within the hospital and on the website of Shiga General Hospital, which guaranteed that patients were given the opportunity to refuse participation.
: An information disclosure document was made available within the hospital and on the website of Shiga General Hospital, thereby guaranteeing that patients had the opportunity to refuse publication of their data for research purposes.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
