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Article History

Received: 12 April 2023

Accepted: 13 September 2023

First Online: 5 December 2023

Declarations

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: The institutional review board of Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, approved the study protocol (approval number: 2529). The institutional review board granted an opt-out recruitment approach and waived the need for obtaining written informed consent from each patient. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and its latest amendment.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.