Wael, Mohamed https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1920-6810
Shehab, Ahmed S. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2637-0176
El-Sayes, Islam https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9905-8565
Seif-Eldeen, Mostafa Ibrahim Ahmed https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4951-016X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Alexandria University
Article History
Received: 4 June 2025
Accepted: 22 July 2025
First Online: 13 October 2025
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Alexandria University Ethical Committee on Human Research (IRB Number: 00012098). All procedures performed in this study involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.Given the retrospective nature of the study, the requirement for informed consent was waived by the Alexandria University Ethical Committee on Human Research (IRB Number: 00012098).
: Not Applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.