Amin, Ashwitha N.
Somu, G.
Salins, Prajwal L.
Jathanna, Roshan David
Funding for this research was provided by:
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
Article History
Received: 25 July 2025
Accepted: 27 February 2026
First Online: 10 March 2026
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of Kasturba Medical College and Kasturba Hospital (Approval number [IEC: IEC: 54-2021]) and followed the ethical guidelines of the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki. All patients in the study signed a written informed consent before participation. The physical records are stored at the Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of higher Education, Manipal.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.