Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
Article History
Received: 15 October 2025
Revised: 29 November 2025
Accepted: 15 December 2025
First Online: 5 January 2026
Declarations
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: We affirm that the clinical portion of this study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) of the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES) , under Project No: UPES/IEC/JUNE/2025/2 , in the meeting held on 20th June 2025 .
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: The authors affirm that human research participants provided informed consent for the publication of the images in Figure 17 (acquired).
: The authors declare no competing interests.