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Article History

Received: 24 June 2025

Accepted: 9 September 2025

First Online: 24 October 2025

Declarations

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: • Ethical approval was not required for this retrospective, observational study using fully anonymized data, in accordance with Moroccan national regulations and the policies of the Biomedical Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Oujda , Mohammed First University , Oujda , Morocco. The study protocol was reviewed and validated by the Research Laboratory on Digestive Diseases , Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Oujda .• Individual informed consent was waived by the Biomedical Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Oujda, Mohammed First University, Oujda , Morocco. G iven the retrospective, descriptive, and analytical design of the study and the use of fully anonymized data.• The study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki (2013 revision) and followed the recommendations highlighted by Nielsen regarding ethical standards in retrospective clinical research.

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: The authors declare no competing interests.