El Cheikh, Jean http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2846-9428
Bidaoui, Ghassan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3562-7386
Atoui, Ali
Terro, Khodr
Sharrouf, Layal
Zahreddine, Ammar
Moukalled, Nour
Abou Dalle, Imane http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6520-9134
Bazarbachi, Ali http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7171-4997
Mohty, Mohamad http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7264-808X
Dulery, Remy http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5024-1713
Article History
Received: 14 November 2022
Revised: 14 February 2023
Accepted: 20 February 2023
First Online: 13 March 2023
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study gained international review board approval and ethics committee approval in the AUMBC and SAH. All patients gave informed consent for the collection of their data in this database. Data were collected from chart reviews, and test results were cross-checked using various methods of verification, including matching of several sources of data, on-site verification, and computerized searches for discrepancy errors.