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Melo, José Roberto Tude https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7794-4147
de Almeida Chaves, Caio Vinicius https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2367-0209
Kawano, Cindy https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8201-1789
Leal, Isabela Zampirolli https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6803-9060
Fernandes, Maria Antonia Coladeti https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1439-927X
Bodra, Stephannie Monaco https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4549-8190
de Oliveira, Jean Gonçalves https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7274-7715
Veiga, José Carlos Esteves https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7723-4396
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Article History
Received: 29 August 2024
Accepted: 21 December 2025
First Online: 4 January 2026
Declarations
: The authors declare that this manuscript has not been previously published in whole or in part or submitted elsewhere for review. The authors declare that they have no personal or institutional financial interest in drugs, materials, or devices described in their submissions.
: This study was evaluated and approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee of Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo (CAAE 71721423.2.0000.5479, Opinion Number 6.341.947). All procedures performed in the study involving human participants were in accordance with ethical standards of the institutional and national research and with the Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments.
: As this is an exclusively retrospective study using medical records for data collection, no individual application of informed consent forms was necessary. In view of the design of the study, there were no new risks regarding the treatment or management of the selected cases. To avoid data leakage or breach of confidentiality, the names, photos, or images that could identify the patients were not exposed.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
