Wu, Jie
Zhang, Lu
Zhang, Zheng
Gao, Shuo
Wang, Seng
Zheng, Xuewen
Xu, Xuejing
Ding, Hai
Shen, Han
Yan, Hong
Funding for this research was provided by:
Key Project supported by Medical Science and technology development Foundation, Nanjing Department of Health (YKK24106)
Nanjing Science and Technology Development Project Key Project (ZKX23023)
Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Clinical Research Project (2022-LCYJ-MS-28)
Project of China Hospital Reform and Development Research Institute, Nanjing University (NDYGN2024036)
Article History
Received: 2 February 2026
Accepted: 15 May 2026
First Online: 23 June 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: Our research adheres to the Declaration of Helsinki. This retrospective study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing, China (Approval No. 2023-318-01). The requirement for informed consent was waived by the ethics committee due to the retrospective nature of the study.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.