Tamilselvan, Aravindharaj https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4833-0766
Poornima, Vinaya
Article History
Received: 22 August 2024
Accepted: 23 July 2025
First Online: 7 August 2025
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore (Ethics Approval Number: IEC KMC MLR 07/2022/293).
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: The authors affirm that human research participants provided informed consent for publication of the images in Figure(s) a, b, c, d, e, a, b, c, d, and e.
: All authors certify that they have no with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest or non-financial interest in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript.