Zhao, Haonan
Dong, Liyan
Lin, Guo
Jia, Siqi
Chen, Junxiu
Liu, Zhuang
Feng, Ji
Zhang, Wenxiu
Hou, Yue
Bernardi, Mauro
Qi, Xingshun
Funding for this research was provided by:
Shenyang Science and Technology Plan Project (24-214-3-143)
Liaoning Revitalization Talents Program (XLYC2203078)
Independent Research Funding of General Hospital of Northern Theater Command (ZZKY2024018)
Article History
Received: 28 February 2026
Accepted: 21 April 2026
First Online: 1 May 2026
Declarations
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: The prospective cohort study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki, and was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of the General Hospital of the Northern Theater Command (Y(2023)221). Written informed consent was obtained from all patients. The meta-analysis extracted data from publicly available literature, so it doesn’t need ethical approval and consent to participate.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.