Xie, Nana
Zhang, Wencong
Tian, Fangbing
Chen, Jia
Zhang, Wenyuan
Ruan, Qiurong
Song, Jianxin
Article History
Received: 24 March 2025
Accepted: 17 July 2025
First Online: 9 August 2025
Declarations
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: This research adhered to the Declaration of Helsinki principles and was approved by the Ethics Committee of Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (TJ-IRB20230425). Given its retrospective design, the committee waived informed consent.The study involved no personal identifying info, posed minimal risk to subjects, and couldn’t proceed with consent requirements. The researcher replaced personal info with anonymous identifiers to ensure confidentiality and used aggregate data for publication and presentation to protect subjects’ privacy.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.