Birinci, Yakup Zühtü https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1772-6014
Pancar, Serkan
Şimşek, Hasan
Soylu, Yusuf
Burac, Daniela Giconda https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7942-7697
Ionescu, Anca
Şahin, Şenay
Geantă, Vlad Adrian
Article History
Received: 19 February 2026
Accepted: 2 June 2026
First Online: 12 June 2026
Declarations
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University (protocol code: TOGÜ.FRM.185-8/10, date of approval: 29 May 2025). The study was registered retrospectively at ClinicalTrials.gov (registration date: 2025-8-22, identifier: NCT07137611; ). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to participation.