Itoh, Masafumi
Kuwashima, Umito
Itou, Junya
Okazaki, Ken
Article History
Received: 6 April 2026
Accepted: 29 July 2026
First Online: 11 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This retrospective propensity score-matched cohort study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Tokyo Women’s Medical University (approval number: 4578) and conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from all patients.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.