Nah, Sangun
Lim, Tae Ho
Chung, Sung Phil
Suh, Gil Joon
Choi, Sung-Hyuk
Kwon, Woon Yong
Kim, Won Young
Kim, Kyuseok
Choi, Sangchun
You, Je Sung
Choi, Han Sung
Shin, Tae Gun
Han, Sangsoo
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (RS-2024-00398566)
Soonchunhyang University Research Fund
Article History
Received: 22 December 2025
Accepted: 20 March 2026
First Online: 27 March 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the IRB of each participating center. (1) Asan Medical Center (S2015-1918-0002). (2) Gangnam Sacred Heart Hospital (2015-11-142). (3) Gangnam Severance Hospital (3-2015-0227). (4) Hanyang University Hospital (HYUH 2015-11-013-022). (5) Korea University Anam Hospital (HRPC2016-184). (6) Korea University Kuro Hospital (KUGH15358-001). (7) Samsung Medical Center (SMC2015-09-057-057). (8) Seoul National University Hospital (J-1408-003-599). (9) Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (B-1409/266-401). (10) Severance Hospital (4-2015-0929), (11) Seoul National University Boramae Hospital (IRB-16-2014-36). (12) Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital (IRB No. 2023-04-019). (13) Kyung Hee University Hospital (IRB No. 2023-06-055). (14) Korea University Ansan Hospital (2020AS0021). (15) CHA Bundang Medical Center (IRB No. 2020-02-001). (16) Chungnam National University Hospital (IRB No. 2021-07-055-001). (17) Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital (KC21OISI0832). (18) Ajou University Hospital (AJOUIRB-OB-2023-208). (19) Dong-A University Hospital (DAUHIRB-23-108). (20) Chung-Ang University Hospital (2405-156-056). Informed consent was waived in accordance with the relevant ethical regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.