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"Disclosures Yuki Ushimaru, Shinnosuke Nagano, Kazuhiro Nishikawa, Ryohei Kawabata, Tomohira Takeoka, Akihiro Kitagawa, Nobuyoshi Ohara, Hideo Tomihara, Sakae Maeda, Mitsunobu Imazato, Shingo Noura, and Atsushi Miyamoto have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to declare. Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThis study complies with the standards of the Declaration of Helsinki and current ethical guidelines. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Sakai City Medical Center (approved number: 22–318). Informed consent was obtained from individual participant included in the study. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding The authors declare that no funds, grants, or other support were received during the preparation of this manuscript."