Meral, Salih Eren https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5855-4570
Buruş, Ayşe
Karahan, Sevilay
Bayrakçı, Nuray
Bayazıt, Yasemin
Article History
Received: 21 April 2025
Accepted: 27 April 2026
First Online: 30 April 2026
Declarations
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: This clinical study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and adheres to the TREND statement for non-randomized intervention studies. The study was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (Identifier: NCT06840730, 2025-02-21). Ethical approval was obtained from the Hacettepe University Clinical Research Ethics Committee (GA-23004) and the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (23-AKD-130). A non-treatment control group was not included due to the ethical obligation to treat patients experiencing pain. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.