Hwang, Yu Seong https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8934-3533
Jo, Heui Sug https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0245-3583
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Foundation of Korea (RS-2023-00279534)
Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea (RS-2025-02304587)
Article History
Received: 18 April 2025
Accepted: 7 May 2026
First Online: 19 May 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and relevant laws and institutional guidelines, and was approved by the Ethics Committee of Kangwon National University Hospital (KNUH-2024-02-006, approved on February 14, 2024). The requirement for informed consent was waived by the Ethics Committee of Kangwon National University Hospital due to the use of anonymized data.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.