Li, Ming
Xiao, Jingwei
Wang, Dian
Xu, Fangzhu
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ningbo Science and Technology Bureau (2021Z128)
Article History
Received: 11 May 2025
Accepted: 23 June 2025
First Online: 12 August 2025
Declarations
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: This research study was conducted retrospectively from data obtained for clinical purposes and have the approval of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Ningbo No.6 Hospital and with those of the 1964 Helsinki Declaration. This is a retrospective anonymized data on patients, the identity of the patients cannot be revealed. The ethics committee of the participating centre has exempted this study from the requirement to obtain consent to participate.
: This study includes medical images of some of the patients in the study cohort. The medical images are anonymised and there is no concern that the identity of the patient will be revealed. According to the journal’s instructions, there is no need to obtain informed consent from this particular patient in this case.
: The authors declare no competing interests.