Cui, Chenchen
Sun, Zijia
Du, Mingchang
Lu, Peng
Lu, Yuan
Zhang, He
Xiao, Qihua
Yang, Fan
Funding for this research was provided by:
New Medical Technologies of Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University (2019301025)
Article History
Received: 21 December 2025
Accepted: 21 July 2026
First Online: 25 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University (Ethics Approval No: XYFY2025-KL182-01). The requirement for informed consent was waived by the IRB due to the non-interventional nature of the study.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.