Nakazawa, Nobuhiro
Sohda, Makoto
Hosoi, Nobuhiro
Watanabe, Takayoshi
Kumakura, Yuji
Yamashita, Toshiki
Tanaka, Naritaka
Saito, Kana
Kimura, Akiharu
Kasuga, Kengo
Nakazato, Kenji
Yoshinari, Daisuke
Shimizu, Hisashi
Ubukata, Yasunari
Hosaka, Hisashi
Sano, Akihiko
Sakai, Makoto
Ogawa, Hiroomi
Shirabe, Ken
Saeki, Hiroshi
Funding for this research was provided by:
JSPS KAKENHI (23K15513)
Article History
Received: 3 June 2024
Accepted: 24 August 2024
First Online: 3 September 2024
Disclosures
: Nobuhiro Nakazawa, Makoto Sohda, Nobuhiro Hosoi, Takayoshi Watanabe, Yuji Kumakura, Toshiki Yamashita, Naritaka Tanaka, Kana Saito, Akiharu Kimura, Kengo Kasuga, Kenji Nakazato, Daisuke Yoshinari, Hisashi Shimizu, Yasunari Ubukata, Hisashi Hosaka, Akihiko Sano, Makoto Sakai, Hiroomi Ogawa, Ken Shirabe, and Hiroshi Saeki declare they have no conflicts of interest that may be relevant to the contents of this study.
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Gunma University (Approval No. IRB2022-080) and was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. This was a retrospective study, and the requirement for informed consent was waived by the IRB of Gunma University Hospital. An opt-out approach was used to obtain the participants’ consent.