Muscato, Giuseppe
Libra, Alessandro
Reina, Carlo
Gili, Elisa
Fruciano, Mary
Martella, Serafina
Palmucci, Stefano
Spicuzza, Lucia
Sambataro, Gianluca
Vancheri, Carlo
Article History
Received: 5 October 2025
Accepted: 9 January 2026
First Online: 20 January 2026
Declarations
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: The study was conducted according to the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by our local ethical committee “Catania 1” (n°17/2023/0063184—November 13th, 2023). Informed consent was waived due to the retrospective use and anonymization of the data obtained from all patients.
: Not applicable.
: G. Muscato, A. Libra, C. Reina, E. Gili, M. Fruciano, S. Martella, L. Spicuzza and S. Palmucci have nothing to disclose. G. Sambataro reports honoraria for lectures from Boehringer Ingelheim, outside the submitted work. C. Vancheri reports grants from F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Boehringer Ingelheim and Astra Zeneca, and honoraria for lectures from F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Boehringer Ingelheim, Chiesi, Grifols, Menarini, and participation on an advisory board for F. Hoffmann-La Roche and Boehringer Ingelheim, outside the submitted work.