Elhanafy, Thanaa
Nasef, Nehad
Ibrahim, Jenna
Awadalla, Rana
Jain, Amish
Mohamed, Adel https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8031-6627
Article History
Received: 27 June 2025
Accepted: 24 August 2025
First Online: 6 October 2025
Declarations
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: The authors affirm that this study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards outlined in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its subsequent amendments or equivalent ethical guidelines. Ethical approval was obtained from the Mount Sinai Hospital Research Ethics Board (REB# 22-0233-C).
: The requirement for informed consent was waived by the REB due to the retrospective design of the study and the impracticality of identifying and contacting individual participants.
: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.