Willemse, Paul https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0865-8400
Klopper, Gerhard J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2884-3136
Bhattarai, Pushpa R. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4547-2103
Article History
Received: 24 August 2025
Accepted: 5 January 2026
First Online: 12 January 2026
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was granted by the Walter Sisulu University Health Research Ethics Committee (Ref: WSU HREC 048/2025). The need for individual patient consent was waived for this retrospective analysis of anonymized data.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.