Mustafa, Yazan H. https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1469-7274
Keogh, Rachel J.
Barry, Simon L. https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5042-1558
Dillon, Bryan
Mohammed, Wail
Lim, Chris
Jansen, Michael
Bermingham, Niamh
Higgins, Martin
O’Reilly, Seamus https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2887-7336
Gleeson, Jack P. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6908-495X
Bambury, Richard M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
University College Cork
Article History
Received: 17 December 2025
Accepted: 8 May 2026
First Online: 5 June 2026
Declarations
:
: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of the Cork Teaching Hospitals (CREC) (protocol codes ECM 4 (gg) 14/02/2023 and ECM 3 (eeeee) 09/05/2023; initial approval 17 May 2023, renewed annually until study completion).
: As this was a low-risk retrospective chart review which satisfies conditions set out in the Amendment to the Health Research Regulations January 2021, informed consent will not be required.
: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.