Fujita, Takafumi https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2059-0166
Sugihara, Makoto
Mine, Kaori
Ogata, Kenji
Kobata, Shinya
Furukawa, Shotaro
Yoshiga, Takumi
Ishizaki, Yuta
Oe, Kensuke
Kakazu, Atsushi
Yanari, Ryosuke
Kyuragi, Ryoichi
Furukawa, Shoichiro
Kusumoto, Saburo
Akashi, Ryohei
Karashima, Eiji
Doi, Hideki
Miura, Shin-ichiro
Article History
Received: 30 March 2026
Accepted: 22 July 2026
First Online: 30 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The Institutional Ethics Committee of the Fukuoka University School of Medicine approved this study (approval number: U21-09–002). Approval was granted on September 9, 2021. The Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Fukuoka University School of Medicine acted as the central IRB, and its review was accepted by the IRBs of all of the participating institutions (Ref. U21-09–002). The central IRB determined that this research involved minimal risk and approved a waiver for informed consent.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interest: The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and publication of this article.