Mercantepe, Filiz https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4325-1534
Sahin, Serap Baydur
Stevuljevic, Jelena Kotur
Karakas, Sibel Mataraci
Ciftel, Enver
Klisic, Aleksandra
Article History
Received: 9 February 2026
Accepted: 11 August 2026
First Online: 15 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Noninvasive Clinical Research Ethics Committee (Approval Number: 2024/312, Approval Date: 26 December 2024). The study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Given the retrospective design of the study, the requirement for written informed consent was waived by the ethics committee.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.