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Article History

Received: 5 June 2024

Accepted: 20 March 2025

First Online: 30 July 2025

Declarations

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: This research was approved by Institutional Review Board of Dow University of Health Sciences (IRB-1837/DUHS/Approval/2020/162). The trial was registered at Clinical Trials.gov (ID: NCT04613336). The study protocol, potential benefits and discomforts of the study were explained in detail to the potential study participants before obtaining informed written consent to participate in the study. Special permission was obtained to take photographs of the wound which were anonymized and coded. Physical data (proformas) was stored in a locked facility while digital data (including photographs) was stored in a separate desktop computer not connected to internet, in an encrypted folder. Informed consent was obtained from the participants. Accordance: We confirmed that all experiments in this study were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.

: The authors declare no competing interests.

: All the participants are informed about the study, and they have all signed the informed consent form.