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Article History

Received: 26 December 2023

Accepted: 21 October 2024

First Online: 28 October 2024

Declarations

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: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Taichung Veterans General Hospital (IRB No. CE22229B). According to Taiwan’s Human Subjects Research Act, a waiver for informed consent was granted by the Institutional Review Board of Taichung Veterans General Hospital because this retrospective study involved the use of pre-existing data that were analyzed anonymously. The information obtained from the database was fully anonymized and de-identified to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of the participants. Informed consent was obtained from the patients with identifying information in Table  and Table .

: Consent for publications was obtained from the patients with identifying information in Table  and Table .

: The authors declare no competing interests.