Otsubo, Naoya
Fukuda, Tatsuya
Beppu, Hiroko
Maki, Chisato
Yasui, Fumihiko
Hanawa, Tomohide
Sugita, Chise
Murakami, Masanori
Yamada, Tetsuya
Kohara, Michinori
Wakai, Sachiko
Article History
Received: 9 June 2022
Accepted: 2 January 2023
First Online: 6 January 2023
Declarations
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: This study was carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The protocol for this study was approved by the Okubo Hospital’s ethical review committee (No. 2020–11). Written informed consent was not required because of the study’s retrospective design. By displaying an outline of the analysis on the hospital website, we gave patients the option to opt out. This waiving of informed consent was approved by the Okubo Hospital’s ethical review committee.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declares that they have no competing interests.