Liu, Zihua
Wang, Zikun
Huang, Qi
Hu, Bo
Li, Mingliang
Pan, Yilin
Sun, Yangyang
Cao, Hao
Xu, Kai
Yang, Lei
Li, Zhi
Zhang, Yangyang
Zhao, Xin
Article History
Received: 14 April 2024
Accepted: 27 February 2025
First Online: 14 March 2025
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Ethics Committees of Qilu Hospital (No. KYLL202306033), the Ethics Committees of Jiangsu Province Hospital (No. 2023SR034), the Ethics Committees of Shanghai Chest Hospital (No. IS23006), the Ethics Committees of Shanghai East Hospital (No. 2023134), and the Ethics Committees of General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University (No. KYLL20230004). Patients provided informed consent to undergo treatment, but the requirement for informed consent for participation in the current study was waived by the ethics committees (Ethics Committees of Qilu Hospital, Ethics Committees of Jiangsu Province Hospital, Ethics Committees of Shanghai Chest Hospital, Ethics Committees of Shanghai East Hospital, and Ethics Committees of General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University) due to its retrospective nature. This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical guidelines set forth in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its subsequent amendments. All methods were performed in compliance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.