Katayama, Kohta
Meddings, Jennifer
Saint, Sanjay
Fowler, Karen E.
Ratz, David
Tagashira, Yasuaki
Kawamura, Yumi
Fujikawa, Tatsuya
Nishiguchi, Sho
Kayauchi, Naomi
Takagaki, Nobumasa
Tokuda, Yasuharu
Kuriyama, Akira
Article History
Received: 15 October 2021
Accepted: 16 February 2022
First Online: 21 February 2022
Declarations
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: All study methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations (declaration of Helsinki). This is an observational study conducted within the usual practice. Therefore, the Institutional Review Board of Mito Kyodo General Hospital has waived the informed consent from the patients (17–21). This study protocol was also approved by Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center Institutional Review Board (29–126), Mitoyo General Hospital Institutional Review Board (17-CR01-036), Institutional Review Board of Shonan Kamakura General Hospital (TGE00924-024), Mimihara General Hospital Institutional Review Board (II17-4), and Senshunkai Hospital Institutional Review Board, respectively.
: Not applicable.
: The authors have no competing interests to declare.