Manterola, Carlos
Rivadeneira, Josue
Alvarado, Luis
Grande, Luis
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universidad de La Frontera (DIUFRO DI23-0020)
Article History
Received: 22 September 2025
Accepted: 18 December 2025
First Online: 13 January 2026
Declarations
:
: Ethics approval and consent to participate. The study was conducted in accordance with the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki (revised in 2015). The protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board CEC-UFRO (Comité Ético Científico de la Universidad de La Frontera), protocol code 007_25. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants. Consent for the use of retrospective data was obtained during each patient’s most recent clinical follow-up.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.