Mejía-Herrera, Felipe
Figueroa-Paz, Roger https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9265-5420
Quintero-Ramirez, Jaime https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3605-1761
Bustamante-Cristancho, Luis Alfonso https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5587-810X
Article History
Received: 17 March 2025
Accepted: 28 April 2025
First Online: 14 May 2025
Declarations
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: The Biomedical Research Ethics Committee at the University Hospital (Comité de Ética en Investigación Biomédica de la Fundación Valle del Lili) approved this study (Act No. 08-2020, approved on April 15, 2020. Letter No. 114-2020). This study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. The researchers did not expose the patients to biological, psychological, or social risks. Therefore, the ethics committee approved the waiver of informed consent.
: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.