Boutros, Marc
Awad, Guy
Asmar, Christèle
Lawand, Jad
Mouawad, Antoine
Bou Monsef, Jad
Article History
Received: 14 November 2025
Accepted: 4 February 2026
First Online: 7 March 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Not applicable. This study is a meta-analysis of published data and did not involve new data collection from human participants. Therefore, Institutional Review Board approval and informed consent were not required. Similarly, the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki are not applicable, as no interventions or direct contact with participants were undertaken. All data analyzed were extracted from studies that had already obtained the necessary ethical approvals in their respective original investigations.
: Not applicable.