Khan, Madiha Masood
Dawani, Surrendar
Ali, Rashid
Faizi, Tashaba Qaiser
Ali, Sanum
Siddiqui, Adeela Zuhair
Dawani, Aruna
Article History
Received: 4 December 2025
Accepted: 24 March 2026
First Online: 8 April 2026
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was granted by the Institutional Review Board (Approval number: NO, F.2–81/2024-GENL/173/JPMC) at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC). The study involved retrospective analysis of prospectively collected clinical data from routine bariatric surgery follow-ups; therefore, the IRB granted a waiver of additional study-specific consent. All patient information was anonymized to maintain confidentiality.
: Not applicable. This study involved retrospective analysis of anonymized clinical data, for which the Institutional Review Board granted a waiver of consent for publication.
: The authors declare no competing interests.