Balziano, Snir
Nesher, Gilad
Ben Nun, Nitzan
Segev, Tomer
Freidlander, Alon
Prat, Dan
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tel Aviv University
Article History
Received: 30 October 2025
Accepted: 27 July 2026
First Online: 24 August 2026
Declarations
Conflict of interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
Human ethics and consent to participate: This retrospective study was reviewed and approved by the institutional review board (IRB) under approval number 5165-18-SMC. Due to the retrospective nature of the study, informed consent from individual patients was waived by the IRB. All research procedures were conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and complied with applicable local statutory requirements. No animal subjects were involved in this study.