Huerta, Sergio https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7720-419X
Phung, Crystal
McAllister, Jared
Tummala, Sri
Tsai, Shirling
Article History
Received: 20 February 2026
Accepted: 22 April 2026
First Online: 7 May 2026
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in the studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institution and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Appropriate Institutional Review Board approval was obtained for the study.
: Informed consent was waved by the Institutional Review Board at our Institution.
: All authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interests or non-financial interests in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript.
: None of the authors have any interests to disclose.
: Approval for this study was obtained from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the VA North Texas Health Care System (VANTHCS). Because all data analyzed were retrospective and de-identified, the requirement for informed consent was waived by the VANTHCS IRB.
: This article does not contain any study of animals performed by the authors.