Elbehairy, Mohamed Saed https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0667-6517
Eid, Gehan Morsy
Elzeftawy, Ashraf Elsayed
Elsheikh, Nabil Ali
Messbah, Wail Ebrahim
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tanta University
Article History
Received: 8 July 2025
Accepted: 10 October 2025
First Online: 20 November 2025
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt (NO: 34490/2/21) from August 2023 to April 2025. The study procedures follow the guidelines in the World Medical Association (WMA) Declaration of Helsinki. The trial was registered prior to patient enrolment at the ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04861168, Date of registration: 27/4/2021). Patients who agreed to be part of our study submitted their informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.