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Article History

Received: 31 October 2024

Accepted: 27 March 2026

First Online: 7 April 2026

Declarations

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: This retrospective case-control study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (Approval code: IR.MUI.MED.REC.1399.298). Since the study was based on the secondary analysis of existing medical records and data were collected anonymously, the requirement for obtaining individual informed consent was waived by the ethics committee. All procedures performed in this study involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the Helsinki Declaration (as revised in Seoul, 2022). To protect patient privacy and confidentiality, all data were de-identified prior to analysis, and access to the records was limited to the research team.

: The authors declare no competing interests.