Alexander, Vijay
John, Anoop
Benjamin, Santosh
Akilesh, S.
Rathore, Swati
Mathews, Jiji
Regi, Annie
Beck, Manisha
Santhanam, Sridhar
Keshava, Shyamkumar N.
Zachariah, Uday
Eapen, C. E.
Goel, Ashish https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1659-2103
Article History
Received: 20 June 2025
Accepted: 12 August 2025
First Online: 23 October 2025
Declarations
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: VA, AJ, SB, SA, SR, JM, AR, MB, SS, SNK, UZ declare no competing interests. CEE and AG are editorial board members of Indian Journal of Gastroenterology and did not take part in the peer-review process of the article.
: This study complied with the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki and the Guideline for Good Clinical Practice and was approved by the Institutional Review Board and Ethics Committee of CMC Vellore (IRB No: 12664). None of the studies here were performed on animals.
: Informed consent was waived as this was a retrospective study.
: 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.