Babu, Kiran https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0110-4501
Varghese, Lalee https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9281-7071
Yadav, Bijesh Kumar https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5764-1373
Kurien, Regi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1857-6019
Article History
Received: 8 November 2025
Accepted: 11 February 2026
First Online: 3 March 2026
Declarations
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: None.
: All procedures performed in this study were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Christian Medical College, Vellore. Institutional review board approval was obtained prior to the commencement of the study (IRB number:11554).
: Informed consent was taken from all patients enrolled into the study.