Jayaratne, Kapila
Illangasinghe, Poojani
Wanniarachchi, Suvini
Hettiarachchi, Dilka
de Silva, Chithramalee
Liyanage, Guwani
Article History
Received: 21 August 2024
Accepted: 11 February 2025
First Online: 7 March 2025
Declarations
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: The Ethics Review Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, approved the protocol (EC-22–061) on 19.05.2022. The waiver was granted based on the retrospective data analysis of patient records. The data were de-identified prior to analysis, ensuring patient confidentiality, and the study was conducted by relevant ethical guidelines for retrospective research. Furthermore, this study was conducted in compliance with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.