Kitahara, Yoshihiro
Inoue, Yusuke http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8075-0597
Yasui, Hideki
Karayama, Masato
Suzuki, Yuzo
Hozumi, Hironao
Furuhashi, Kazuki
Enomoto, Noriyuki
Fujisawa, Tomoyuki
Funai, Kazuhito
Honda, Tetsuya
Misawa, Kiyoshi
Miyake, Hideaki
Takeuchi, Hiroya
Inui, Naoki
Suda, Takafumi
Article History
Received: 28 September 2023
Accepted: 5 January 2024
First Online: 10 January 2024
Declarations
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: The Institutional Review Board at Hamamatsu University School of Medicine approved this study (No. 22-033). The study complied with approved guidelines. All analyses complied with the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki. This study followed the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) reporting guidelines [CitationRef removed].
: Patient approval and written informed consent were waived because this study was based on reviews of patient records. All patients’ records and information were anonymized and de-identified prior to analysis. The information about the study was notified on the website (ExternalRef removed) to provide the patients or their legal representative an opportunity to refuse participation in the study (opt-out).
: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.