Acharya, A. M.
Hegde, Nikhil
Bhat, Anil K.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 9 August 2024
Accepted: 22 August 2024
First Online: 30 August 2024
Declarations
:
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Institutonal Ethics Committee of Kasturba Medical College and Hospital (Regd. No. ECR/146/Inst/ KA/ 2013/RR-16) (7–8-2018/ No. IEC629/ 2016).
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: Patients signed informed consent regarding publishing their data and photographs.