Hashiba, Toyohiro http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9755-0935
Tanaka, Mototsugu http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8082-8945
Honda, Tomoko
Kishi, Satoru
Ogura, Yoshiyasu
Takenaka, Yuto
Furuse, Satoshi
Nishio, Kyosuke
Masaki, Kazunobu
Kano, Tatsuya
Mise, Naobumi
Article History
Received: 6 October 2021
Accepted: 5 February 2022
First Online: 22 February 2022
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the ethics committee in the Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan (Approved number: C75). The institutional review board waived the requirement for informed consent from the patients according to the Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects in Japan.
: Not applicable.
: All the authors declared no competing interests.