Osawa, Iichiro
Kozawa, Eito
Tanaka, Sayuri
Kaizu, Akane
Inoue, Kaiji
Ikezono, Tetsuo
Fujimaki, Takamitsu
Niitsu, Mamoru
Funding for this research was provided by:
Grant-in-Aid for Young Researchers in Saitama Medical University Hospital (29-E-1-02)
Article History
Received: 18 February 2021
Accepted: 16 September 2021
First Online: 25 September 2021
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. This retrospective study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Saitama Medical University Hospital (18078.02). We obtained written informed consent for the procedures from all patients.
: We obtained opt-out consent for the use of retrospective clinical data from all patients.
: The authors declare no competing interests.