Ledwon, Joanna K.
Progri, Bianka
Hallman, Taylor
Reisner, Kathryn R.
Figueroa, Ariel E.
Bajaj, Anitesh
Rai, Parul
Rodriguez, Gabrielle C.
Aronson, Sofia
Gosain, Arun K.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Surgery at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago (IG930136)
Department of Surgery at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago (IG930136)
Article History
Received: 18 July 2025
Accepted: 13 January 2026
First Online: 11 February 2026
Declarations
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: The animal work was approved by Northwestern University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. All procedures were conducted according to the protocol number IS00023166 and in compliance with the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals published by National Institute of Health. The animals were housed in animal facility at Center for Comparative Medicine (Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA) accredited by the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International.
: The authors declare no competing interests.