Öztürk, Çiğdem https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2587-214X
Çubukçu, Safiye Sümeyye https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1504-7813
Şen, Bayram https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4541-881X
Öztürk, Ahmet Emin https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3365-5540
Okcu, Oğuzhan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7481-4718
Funding for this research was provided by:
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University (RTEU) Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit (TSA-2025-2136)
Article History
Received: 8 February 2026
Accepted: 20 May 2026
First Online: 23 May 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was approved by the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Faculty of Medicine, Non-Interventional Clinical Research Ethics Committee (2025/189). Due to the retrospective nature of the study, the requirement for informed consent was waived. All procedures were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. Patient confidentiality was strictly maintained by using de-identified archival data.”
Consent for publication: Not applicable. The manuscript does not contain any individual person’s data in any form.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.