Kamimura, Yuji http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0885-6343
Nakanishi, Toshiyuki
Sato, Aiji Boku
Osaga, Satoshi
Kako, Eisuke
Sobue, Kazuya
Article History
Received: 11 July 2020
Accepted: 30 October 2020
First Online: 5 November 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol and administrative permissions to access the patients’ medical records were approved by the Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences and Nagoya City University Hospital Institutional Review Board (Nagoya, Japan, approval number: 60-18-0073). Per our institutional review board’s code of ethics, we used an opt-out method and posted a description of the research protocol on the website of the Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences on July 30, 2018, and the patients could withdraw from the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.