Zuo, Zhichao
Deng, Jinqiu
Ge, Wu
Zhou, Yinjun
Liu, Haibo
Zhang, Wei
Zeng, Ying
Article History
Received: 30 January 2024
Accepted: 3 January 2025
First Online: 9 January 2025
Declarations
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: This study rigorously complies with the ethical guidelines established by the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethics Committees of the participating institutions, namely Liuzhou People’s Hospital (LZPH) and Xiangtan Central Hospital (XTCH), under approval numbers KY-2024-231 and 2021-07-009, respectively. Additionally, due to the retrospective design of the research, the Ethics Committee granted a waiver of informed consent.
: Written informed consent for publication was obtained from all participants.
: The authors declare no competing interests.