Zhang, Cheng
Lu, Yingying
Xie, Tieli
Zhang, Chunxue
Yang, Jia
Ma, He
Rao, Zhuqing
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bethune Charitable Foundation (Bethune Charitable Foundation)
Article History
Received: 2 November 2025
Accepted: 16 January 2026
First Online: 2 February 2026
Declarations
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: This study was performed following the guidelines of Declaration of Helsinki (2013). Ethical clearance was approved by the Ethics Review Committee of Peixian People’s Hospital, China (approval number: 2024(15)). Institutional permission was also obtained for the research. Informed written consent was obtained from the study participants, and privacy was ensured throughout data collection. Whether the patients participated in the study or not did not affect the treatment and care they received. The trial was registered at the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (Clinical trial number: ChiCTR2400088832 || ||August 27, 2024).
: Not applicable. This study does not contain any individual person’s data in any form (including any individual details, images, or videos).
: The authors declare no competing interests.