Varshney, Himanshu https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4015-5461
Maurya, Prateek https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5047-7911
Gupta, Nishkarsh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8444-2564
Batra, Atul https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1934-8408
Gogia, Ajay
Ratre, Brajesh Kumar https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7451-933X
Bharati, Sachidanand Jee https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3398-1293
Kumar, Vinod https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9248-4641
Garg, Rakesh https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5842-8024
Malhotra, Rajiv Kumar https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2249-7754
Mishra, Seema https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9233-809X
Bhatnagar, Sushma https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2097-7180
Article History
Received: 23 July 2025
Accepted: 27 January 2026
First Online: 2 February 2026
Declarations
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: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Institutional Ethics Committee of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (No. IECPG-207/24.03.2021, RT -03/28.05.2021).
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: Not applicable, as the manuscript does not contain any individual person's data in any form.
: The authors declare no competing interests.