Chen, Danlei
Liu, Qing
Yu, Zhihui
Pan, Ting
Zhang, Ailing
Chen, Yan
Kong, Fang
Ding, ChengLiang
Funding for this research was provided by:
Nanjing Health Science and Technology Development special fund project plan (YKK22128)
Article History
Received: 15 January 2024
Accepted: 27 June 2024
First Online: 10 July 2024
Declarations
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: This study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Second Hospital of Nanjing (2021-LS-ky-022). It was duly registered and approved online through the Trial Center of the Second Hospital of Nanjing. Informed consent was obtained from the patients, and each patient volunteered and agreed to participate. All participants were provided with comprehensive written and oral information regarding the study, along with their explicit right to withdraw at any time, free from the obligation to provide a reason or face any negative consequences. We obtained written consent prior from participants. Confidentiality was ensured by anonymizing all data. The entire study process was conducted under the supervision of the Ethics Committee of Nanjing Second Hospital.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.