Funding for this research was provided by:
National Key Clinical Specialty Discipline Construction Program of China
the program of Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases (2020B1111170004)
Guangzhou Key Research and Development Program (202206080008)
Tianshan Talents · Leading Medical Talents in Guangdong Province" Cooperative Expert Studio (KSYJ2022001)
Article History
Received: 12 February 2025
Accepted: 17 April 2025
First Online: 1 May 2025
Declarations
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: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. Yihang Wu, Feiyu Bai, Xiaojian Wu, Zerong Cai have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose. The study was supported by National Key Clinical Discipline of The Sixth Affiliated Hospital Sun Yat-sen University; the program of Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases (2020B1111170004); Guangzhou Key Research and Development Program (202206080008); "Tianshan Talents · Leading Medical Talents in Guangdong Province" Cooperative Expert Studio (NO. KSYJ2022001).
: Approval was obtained from the ethics committee of the Institutional Review Board of the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University (No.2025ZSLYEC-013, registered on Dec 31, 2024). The procedures used in this study adhere to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.