Turan, Ömer Faruk
Kekeç, Zeynep
Baran, Muhammed Fatih https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1827-2317
Yalçın, Mehmet Rıdvan
Article History
Received: 29 March 2026
Accepted: 18 June 2026
First Online: 24 June 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Institutional permission was first obtained from the Presidency of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye and the Chief Physician’s Office of the Makkah Diyanet Turkey Hospital on June 30, 2025. Ethical approval was granted by the Etlik City Hospital Scientific Research Ethics Committee on October 22, 2025 (Decision No: AEŞH-BADEK1-2025-545). As this was a retrospective study involving anonymized data, informed consent was not required. All patient identifying information, including names, national identification numbers, and other identifiers, was coded prior to analysis and was not used in reporting.
Consent for publication: Not applicable. This study does not contain any individual person’s data in any form.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.