Chen, I-Wen
Chang, Li-Chen
Ho, Chun-Ning
Wu, Jheng-Yan
Tsai, Ya-Wen
Lin, Chien-Ming
Chang, Ying-Jen
Hung, Kuo-Chuan
Article History
Received: 5 December 2024
Accepted: 25 March 2025
First Online: 29 March 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Informed consent was not required for this retrospective study, as it involved secondary analysis of pre-existing data without any interventions or direct participant interaction. The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Chi Mei Medical Center, which granted a waiver of informed consent in compliance with its observational research regulations (IRB Serial No. 11302-E01).