Funding for this research was provided by:
the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (RS-2023-00253065)
Article History
Received: 27 February 2024
Revised: 13 May 2024
Accepted: 3 July 2024
First Online: 19 July 2024
Declarations
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: Owing to the retrospective nature of image analysis and anonymized data of this study, the need of informed consent procedures was waived by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital. Waiver of informed consent was granted by the IRB in accordance with the provisions of the IRB. All protocols were also approved by the IRB of Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea (KC23RISI0791). < The provisions of IRB > The study corresponds to [waiver of informed consent process] for the following reasons in accordance with relevant domestic and international regulations. 1 > Retrospective study of medical record 2 > It is practically impossible to obtain consent from the study subject in the course of the study or has a serious impact on the validity of the study 3 > There is no reason to estimate the subject’s refusal to consent, and even if consent is exempted, the risk to the subject is extremely low.
: None of the authors have any conflicting interests to disclose.