Conteduca, Jacopo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0798-2820
Gasbarra, Elena
Rusa, Igor
Casto, Alberto
Valentino, Luigi
Solarino, Giuseppe
Meccariello, Luigi
Rollo, Giuseppe
Article History
Received: 6 November 2025
Accepted: 28 February 2026
First Online: 15 March 2026
Declarations
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: This retrospective study was approved by the Local Institutional Review Board/Research Ethics Committee of Vito Fazzi Hospital, Lecce, Italy (approval no. 1875 CEL). All procedures were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to inclusion in the study.
: All patients provided written informed consent for the publication of anonymized data included in this manuscript.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests related to this study.