Fallahi, Mohammad Mehdi
Koulaian, Sepehr
Mardani, Parviz
Malekhosseini, Seyed Ali
Shahriarirad, Reza
Article History
Received: 15 November 2024
Accepted: 22 April 2025
First Online: 27 April 2025
Declarations
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: The ethics committee of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences approved this study (IR.SUMS.MED.REC.1400.349). Patients’ information was de-identified before data analysis and confidentiality of patient information was guaranteed and protected. Based on the retrospective nature of our study, written informed consent was waived by the Ethics committee of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, and their information was obtained from their hospital records. Permission to carry out the study and access patient records was sought from the Shiraz University of Medical Science administrators, and the study was conducted in compliance in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations and the Declaration of Helsinki and was also approved by the ethics committee of the university. Clinical trial number: not applicable.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.