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Received: 18 April 2025

Accepted: 1 October 2025

First Online: 17 January 2026

Declarations

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: The trial conformed to the Declaration of Helsinki. This work is based on retrospective clinical data and did not require specific approval from our Ethical Committees. All patients provided informed consent for the surgical and clinical procedures. We confirm that we have read the Journal’s position on issues involved in ethical publication and affirm that this work is consistent with those guidelines. We also followed the recommendations of the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines [Heidari, S., Babor, T.F., De Castro, P. et al. Sex and Gender Equity in Research: rationale for the SAGER guidelines and recommended use. Res. Integr. Peer Rev. 1 (2016) 2. ] in the reporting of sex information, data analysis, results, and interpretation of findings of this study.

: All the authors have read and approved this manuscript.

: The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest relevant to this work.

: GZ received honoraria for lectures from Medtronic and served as an advisory committee member for and received travel grants from PTC Therapeutics.

: The authors did not use any generative AI or AI-assisted technology in the writing process during the preparation of this paper.