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Article History

Received: 8 September 2024

Accepted: 8 November 2024

First Online: 18 November 2024

Declarations

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: All procedures performed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional review board and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study was approved by the Ethics Review Committee of the Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University before study commencement (approval no. Ke2023-002-1).

: Written informed consent was obtained from all the patients prior to the enrollment of this study.

: All authors confirm that they have read and approved the final version of this manuscript and consent to its submission for publication. The authors affirm that the manuscript is original, has not been published previously, and is not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. If accepted, this manuscript will not be published elsewhere in any form, without prior written consent of the publisher. Furthermore, the authors declare that all figures, tables, and supplementary materials included in this manuscript are their own work, or they have obtained the necessary permission for use from the copyright holders, and proper acknowledgment has been made in the text.

: The authors declare no competing interests.