Chen, Xueqin
Shuai, Zongwen
Xia, Jiangli
Ma, Xixi
Hu, Linwei
Article History
Received: 28 January 2026
Accepted: 1 July 2026
First Online: 15 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethics Committee of Affiliated Chaohu Hospital of Anhui Medical University (Approval no. KYXM-202201-012).The requirement for written informed consent was waived by the Ethics Committee because this retrospective study used de-identified clinical data and posed minimal risk to participants.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.