Alongi, Pierpaolo
Morea, Simone
Di Biagio, Daniele
Funding for this research was provided by:
Università degli Studi di Palermo
Article History
Received: 17 January 2026
Accepted: 12 May 2026
First Online: 22 May 2026
Declarations
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
Ethics approval: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by Institutional research/review board. According to the institutional policy, no specific approval number is assigned for this category of studies.
Consent to participate: Informed consent was waived in view of the nature of the study after IRB approvation.
Consent to publish: The authors confirm that, where applicable, data was anonymized to protect participant privacy, and consent to publish was not deemed necessary.