Lepka, Piotr https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9751-1218
Szcześniak, Dorota
Sikora, Zofia
Matkowski, Rafał
Funding for this research was provided by:
Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Piastów Slaskich we Wroclawiu (SUBZ.C280.26.041)
Article History
Received: 6 April 2026
Accepted: 31 May 2026
First Online: 13 July 2026
Declarations
:
: Piotr Lepka, Dorota Szcześniak, Zofia Sikora, Rafał Matkowski have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.
: The study protocol was approved by the Bioethics Committee at Wroclaw Medical University (approval No. KB-423/2019). All procedures were conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and institutional guidelines.
: All participants provided written informed consent prior to enrollment and study procedures.
: No individually identifiable data (including images) are included in this manuscript. Consent for publication of anonymized aggregate data was obtained at enrollment.