Mousavi, Mohammad
Saeidi, Pari
Kazemi, Parisa
Rakhshan, Vahid
Article History
Received: 16 December 2024
Accepted: 2 July 2025
First Online: 5 July 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: In this retrospective study, none of the treatments were altered for the sake of research. All patients received treatments solely based on their diagnosis and clinical need. No patient identifier was collected. Therefore, no harm was done by this research. The protocol and its ethics were approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran (code: U-97075, IR.AJUMS.REC.1397.304). Because this study concerned retrospectively collected anonymized data, the need for informed consent to participate was waived by the Institutional Review Board of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran (code: U-97075, IR.AJUMS.REC.1397.304). All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations (including the Declaration of Helsinki).