Lin, Zhiqin
Xu, Zheng
Chen, Xiujun
Lin, Feng
Chen, Liangwan
Dai, Xiaofu
Article History
Received: 30 November 2022
Accepted: 4 August 2023
First Online: 14 August 2023
Declarations
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: The Ethics Committee of Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University, approved our study. We obtained a waiver of informed consent from the Ethics Committee because of the retrospective nature of the present study. We informed all patients about the study through a public notice posted in the hospital and gave them the opportunity to opt out if they did not want their data to be used for research purposes. No patients were directly involved in the study. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. We ensured that all patients’ personal information was anonymized and protected according to the ethical standards.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.