Pang, Jing
Bai, Ting
Bai, Xiaogang
Xu, Jie
Li, Xia
Ren, Wenjing
Zhu, Yali
Wan, Chuchu
Liu, Yan
Liu, Jingjing
Lv, Shuangyan
Funding for this research was provided by:
Yan'an Science and Technology Plan Project (2024-SFGG-109)
Article History
Received: 9 December 2025
Accepted: 9 February 2026
First Online: 17 February 2026
Declarations
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: The authors are accountable for all aspects of this work, ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved. This study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Owing to the retrospective nature of the study, this research was approved by the Ethics Committee of Yan’an University Affiliated Hospital (Ethics Approval No.: IIT-R-20250169) and the requirement for informed consent was waived. All patient data were anonymized to maintain confidentiality throughout the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.