Ranjbar, Keivan
Shahriarirad, Reza
Ebrahimi, Kamyar
Amirian, Armin
Karoobi, Mohamadreza
Mardani, Parviz
Erfani, Amirhossein
Fallahi, Mohammad Javad
Ketabchi, Farzaneh
Ziaian, Bizhan
Article History
Received: 2 December 2022
Accepted: 3 November 2023
First Online: 8 December 2023
Declarations
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: All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations and approved by the Ethics Committee of Shiraz University of Medical Science (IR.SUMS.MED.REC.1400.077). Due to the retrospective nature of our study, informed consent was not obtained from the patients and the Ethics committee of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences waived the need for informed consent. The patients’ information was documented in their hospital records. Patients’ data were anonymized prior to analysis and their confidentiality was secured by the researcher. All study protocols and data collection were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the mentioned ethics committee.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.