Kusumoto, Junya http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4289-1852
Iwata, Eiji
Huang, Wensu
Takata, Naoki
Tachibana, Akira
Akashi, Masaya
Article History
Received: 31 August 2022
Accepted: 7 December 2022
First Online: 12 December 2022
Declarations
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: This study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Kakogawa Central City Hospital (Authorization number: 2019–85) and was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Implied consent was considered to have been obtained if eligible patients did not accept the opt-out offer after the complete disclosure of information related to this research. Since there was no request to opt-out from the eligible patients, informed consent was considered to have been obtained from all patients.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.