Shibata, Yuuka
Koga, Yuki
Sato, Yuki
Mashida, Emiko
Kawaoka, Tomokazu
Murakami, Eisuke
Amioka, Kei
Johira, Yusuke
Naruto, Kensuke
Taogoshi, Takanori
Yokooji, Tomoharu
Tsuge, Masataka
Matsuo, Hiroaki https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8730-5389
Article History
Received: 2 September 2024
Accepted: 4 June 2025
First Online: 14 August 2025
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Hiroshima University (approval No. E2022-0220) in compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki and current legal regulations in Japan. Before collecting the data, we provided the participants the opportunity to opt out. Information collected from medical records was entered into a case report form and de-identified by an information manager. Therefore, the researchers were unable to identify individuals from the analyzed data.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.