Article History
Received: 1 October 2019
Accepted: 16 January 2020
First Online: 28 January 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the Ethical Review Committee of Nagoya University Hospital and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. This study was approved by the Ethical Review Committee of Nagoya University Hospital (application no. 2018–0179). Since this study analyzed clinical data retrospectively, we did not obtain informed consent directly from each patient. Instead of direct informed consent, we published the research contents on the university web page and provided an opt-out opportunity.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.