Wang, Hung-Yi
Lii, You-Ying
Hsu, Chen-Te
Ho, Hao-Juan
Yeh, I-Chen
Article History
Received: 30 January 2025
Accepted: 11 July 2025
First Online: 2 August 2025
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of E-Da Hospital Human Testing Committee (IRB No. EMRP10109N). All participants signed a written informed consent form prior to enrollment in this study.Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in this study.
: All participants signed a written informed consent form that included consent for the use of their anonymized or identifiable images in publications. The consent form covered the study objectives, procedures, inclusion and exclusion criteria, potential risks and anticipated benefits, participants’ rights to withdraw, confidentiality and data protection, compensation for any potential harm, and contact information for the research team and the Institutional Review Board. The research team confirms that the participants shown in Fig. have provided explicit consent for publication of their identifiable images.
: The authors declare no competing interests.