Xi, S.
Chen, Z.
Lu, Q.
Liu, C.
Xu, L.
Lu, C.
Cheng, R.
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Military Healthcare Fund (19BJZ35)
Article History
Received: 7 January 2024
Accepted: 23 February 2024
First Online: 4 April 2024
Declarations
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: Drs. Shaozhi Xi, Zhida Chen, Qingming Lu, Chaoyang Liu, Lining Xu, Canrong Lu and Rui Cheng have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.
: The study protocol was approved by the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of the Chinese PLA General Hospital (approval no. S2022-664-01) and was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. We confirmed that all methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations to protect human subjects. In addition, written informed consent from patients was not required because of the retrospective nature of the study.