Korkmaz, Kübranur
Aygören, Caner
Düzova, Halil
Article History
Received: 1 May 2025
Accepted: 11 August 2025
First Online: 24 September 2025
Declarations
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: Approval for this study was granted by the İnönü University Malatya Clinical Research Ethics Committee under research protocol number 2023/5059. This study, conducted on children who are not yet considered adults, is based on the World Medical Association (WMA) Declaration of Helsinki, which outlines ethical principles for medical research involving humans. The stated statement in the informed consent forms received from the participants'guardians was as follows:"I have read all the explanations and explained them to my child in a way that they can understand. I understand that my child can withdraw from the research at any time, with or without reason. I accept my child's voluntary participation in the research as a mother/father or legal guardian (legal representative) of my own free will, without any pressure or coercion."
: Written informed consent was obtained from the patients to publish this manuscript. Consent for publication means approval to use identifying images or information that may compromise participant anonymity. This does not apply in our case, so we mark it as "not applicable."
: The authors declare no competing interests.