Wang, Ruifeng https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2508-7781
Guo, Tianhui
Wang, Qi
Gao, Wen
Yu, Yimiao
Zhang, Jun
Fu, Wenqian
Wang, Haiji
Zhang, Biyuan
Funding for this research was provided by:
Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2023QH519)
Wu Jieping Medical Foundation (No.320.6750.2023-17-30)
Article History
Received: 11 September 2024
Accepted: 6 January 2025
First Online: 16 January 2025
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University (Approval No. QYFY WZLL 28684). All participants provided informed consent prior to their inclusion in the study. In cases where participants were unable to provide consent, their legal representatives provided consent on their behalf.
: The authors affirm that human research participants provided informed consent for publication of the images in Figs. , , , and ; Tables 1, 2 and 3.
: The authors declare no competing interests.