Hany, Mohamed https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6650-8112
Awad Sedik, Islam Mohamed
Anwar, Medhat
Elwahed, Rabie Abd
Hamza, Alaa
Samir, Mohamed
Funding for this research was provided by:
Alexandria University
Article History
Received: 15 June 2025
Accepted: 11 November 2025
First Online: 2 December 2025
Declarations
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: All procedures involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University, and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments. The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University (IRB00010526; Approval No. E/C. S/N. R22/2024). For this retrospective study, the requirement for informed consent was waived by the IRB.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.