Kojima, Yuki http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9645-2148
Murouchi, Takeshi
Okayama, Naoko
Asano, Kazuma
Akiba, Masakazu
Hamasaki, Junichiro
Article History
Received: 3 April 2022
Revised: 1 June 2022
Accepted: 4 June 2022
First Online: 16 June 2022
Declarations
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: The study was conducted at the Kagoshima University Hospital (approval number: 210003EKI), Asahi General Hospital (approval number: 2021072005), and Kagoshima City Hospital (approval number: 2021-08) in Japan. The Human Research and Ethics Committee of each hospital approved the study design. After receiving ethical approval at each hospital, the need for patient consent was waived due to the retrospective nature of the study (the Ethics Committee of Kagoshima University Hospital, the Ethics Committee of Asahi General Hospital, and the Ethics Committee of Kagoshima City Hospital).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.