Abu Khadija, Haitham
Alnees, Mohammad
Fisman, Enrique Z.
Ibraheem, Kareem
Amunts, Sergey
Najajra, Duha
Kirzhner, Alena
Raanani, Ehud
Schiller, Tal
Masu’d, Mohammad
Abu Hamdeh, Nizar
Fraitekh, Yahya Z.
Kogan, Alexander
Sternik, Leonid
Article History
Received: 18 April 2026
Accepted: 29 July 2026
First Online: 9 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of Kaplan Medical Center (approval no. 0143-22-KMC). All study procedures were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and its subsequent amendments. Because of the retrospective study design and the use of anonymized registry data, the requirement for written informed consent was waived by the Institutional Ethics Committee.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.