Tang, Qing
Richard, Seidu A.
Peng, Shi
Qiang, Hong
Li, Jun
Wang, Haiya
Article History
Received: 12 February 2026
Accepted: 16 April 2026
First Online: 24 April 2026
Declarations
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: The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of each participating hospital (Approval No.: IRB-2022-001, IRB-2022-002, IRB-2022-003) in January 2022 in accordance to the Declaration of Helsinki and Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.