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Article History

Received: 12 May 2025

Accepted: 8 January 2026

First Online: 5 February 2026

Declarations

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: This study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB), Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, Office of Research (Ethics Committee – Silver) ( IRB Min. No. 13210 [Retro], dated 22 July 2020). The Institutional Review Board granted a waiver of informed consent due to the retrospective nature of the study and the use of anonymized patient data. All procedures involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki (as revised in 2013).

: The Institutional Review Board granted a waiver for obtaining individual patient consent for publication, as no identifiable patient data were included.

: The authors declare no competing interests.