D’Amico, Flora
Campo, Sofia
Rini, Nicasio
Vinciguerra, Claudia
Bevilacqua, Liliana
Erra, Carmen
Barone, Paolo
Tuccillo, Francesco
Habetswallner, Francesco
Brighina, Filippo
Di Stefano, Vincenzo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9805-1655
Article History
Received: 25 December 2025
Accepted: 13 March 2026
First Online: 1 April 2026
Declarations
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: On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that Flora D’Amico, Sofia Campo, Nicasio Rini, Claudia Vinciguerra, Liliana Bevilacqua, Carmen Erra, Paolo Barone, Francesco Tuccillo, Francesco Habetswallner, Filippo Brighina and Vincenzo Di Stefano have no conflicts of interest to declare.
: All human and animal studies have been approved by the appropriate ethics committee and have therefore been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. The study was approved by the appropriate Ethics Committee “Palermo I” protocol code 11/2022, approved on 12 December 2022, and it was conducted in conformity with the Declaration of Helsinki principles. All participating centers adhered to the study protocol. Patient informed consent was obtained and signed for the study and publication.