Balomenos, Vasileios https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1140-548X
Papagianni, Aggeliki
Chlorogiannis, Dimitrios-David
Giannakis, Athanasios
Moschovaki-Zeiger, Ornella
Arkoudis, Nikolaos-Achilleas
Velonakis, Georgios
Filippiadis, Dimitrios
Article History
Received: 4 January 2026
Accepted: 29 July 2026
First Online: 12 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This research study was conducted retrospectively from data obtained for clinical purposes. We consulted extensively with the IRB of our institution, which determined that our study did not need ethical approval.Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
Consent for publication: No personal data or identifiable photographs are submitted for publication. All submitted data and figures have been anonymized.
Competing interests: All authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest or non-financial interest in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript.