Papasotiriou, Ionas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5591-8703
Spiliopoulou, Sotiria
Barlas, Gerasimos https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9792-9638
Dragonas, Damianos
Rizogiannis, Konstantinos
Manios, Efstathios
Article History
Received: 20 November 2025
Revised: 25 March 2026
Accepted: 16 April 2026
First Online: 24 April 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Alexandra Hospital and all participants provided signed informed consent. All methods were performed in accordance with the national guidelines and regulations.