Gunel, Bedirhan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2292-9403
Sencan, Ayse https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2225-5269
Yuksek, Ahmet https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7529-2971
Yilmaz, Mehmet https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5353-9996
Article History
Received: 5 June 2025
Revised: 23 October 2025
Accepted: 13 November 2025
First Online: 18 November 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Informed consent was obtained from all patients participating in the study. Ethical approval for this study (Approval Number: KAEK/08.bI.01) was provided by the Kocaeli University Clinical Research Ethics Committee, Kocaeli, Türkiye, on May 2, 2024. Before the study commenced, the study protocol was explained to all participants, and written informed consent was obtained. Throughout the study, the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki were complied with. Trial Registration: Clinicaltrials.gov, Identifier: NCT06498869, date of registration: July 6, 2024, URL:
: Not applicable.