Chen, Zi-Jun
Chen, Ru-Yih
Yin, Chun-Hao
Li, Ying-Chun
Lin, Min-Hsi
Article History
Received: 16 May 2026
Accepted: 24 July 2026
First Online: 31 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was retrospectively registered and approved by the Institutional Review Board of Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital (IRB No. KSVGH22-CT5-02). The requirement for written informed consent was waived because of the retrospective study design and the use of de-identified data. All procedures involving human participants were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.