Kishan, Ashwini https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0353-0405
Ullal, Namratha Ashwin
Article History
Received: 7 May 2025
Accepted: 24 September 2025
First Online: 27 October 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 Institutional Ethics Committee approved the study NU/CEC/2023-2024/043 dated 16-03-2024.
: After explaining the procedure in detail and obtaining written informed consent, the patients were enrolled in the study.
: All authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial or non-financial interest in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript.
: The authors have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.