Chigusa, Naoki
Uchiyama, Kiyotaka https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5173-1263
Shibagaki, Keigo
Yanai, Akane
Kanda, Kenta
Ito, Jun
Washida, Naoki
Article History
Received: 11 February 2026
Accepted: 5 March 2026
First Online: 18 March 2026
Declarations
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: The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the International University of Health and Welfare (approval no: 23-Nr-47) and conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. The need for informed consent was waived as this was a retrospective study using deidentified patient data.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.