Son, Yumi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5128-6972
Lee, Mijin https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9464-2802
Article History
Received: 19 August 2025
Accepted: 26 December 2025
First Online: 7 January 2026
Declarations
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: This study was exempted from review by the Institutional Review Board of Ajou University Hospital (IRB No. 2025–0358–001) as it utilized fully anonymized secondary data from the Korea Organ Donation Agency Information and Analysis (KOIHA) database with no identifiable patient or institutional information. The study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Given that the research does not involve the processing of personal data, formal consent is not applicable.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.