Kim, Seungmo
Lee, Yea Eun
Han, Ye Eun
Lee, Junyeop
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Ulsan Glocal University (MOE 2025-0626)
Korea Health Industry Development Institute (RS-2024-00438689)
Article History
Received: 24 January 2026
Accepted: 21 May 2026
First Online: 29 May 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of Asan Medical Center (approval no. 2024 − 0304) and all procedures were conducted in accordance with the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki. The approval included a waiver of informed consent for the chart review. The study does not include any animal experiments conducted by any of the authors. The requirement for informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board of Asan Medical Center due to the retrospective nature of the study and the use of anonymized clinical data.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.