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Article History

Received: 3 September 2024

Accepted: 8 March 2025

First Online: 18 June 2025

Declarations

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: AE, PP, BD, NSN and BA declare no competing interests.

: This retrospective study involving human participants was in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The Institutional Ethics Committee, JIPMER, India, approved this study.

: The study was performed conforming to the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000 and 2008 concerning human and animal rights, and the authors followed the policy concerning informed consent as shown on Springer.com.

: Not applicable given the retrospective nature of the study. A waiver of consent was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee, JIPMER, India.

: The authors are solely responsible for the data and the contents of the paper. In no way, the Honorary Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Board Members, the Indian Society of Gastroenterology or the printer/publishers are responsible for the results/findings and content of this article.