Kelani, Hesham
Elzayat, Mohamed A.
Elettreby, Abdelrahman M.
Heikal, Hend
Farag, Maria
Shuai, Emily Wen Jing
Thach, Bethany Jordyn
Khelifa, Hamza
Carrieri, Emily
Gonzalez, Gabriela Martin
Sherman, Vaughn
Elazim, Ahmed Abd
Greene-Chandos, Diana
Vulkanov, Volodymyr https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1945-7940
Mizrahi, Moshe
Merlin, Lisa R.
Rosenbaum-Halevi, David
Khandelwal, Priyank
Article History
Received: 21 October 2025
Revised: 29 December 2025
Accepted: 30 December 2025
First Online: 9 March 2026
Declarations
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: The article presents a systematic review and meta-analysis of existing research studies. As the study focused on synthesising and analysing data from already published studies, no new data were directly acquired from human participants. Consequently, there was no need for ethical approval or patient consent. The review was conducted in accordance with recognised principles, including the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) framework, to ensure the study's transparency, integrity, and ethical conduct.
: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.