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Article History

Received: 26 November 2022

Accepted: 6 February 2023

First Online: 22 February 2023

Declarations

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: All aspects of the study protocol, including access to and use of patient clinical information, had been approved by the <i>Institutional Review Boards (IRB) of An-Najah National University</i> (Ref: Med. Sep 2021/47)<i>.</i> We confirm that the collected data were used only for clinical research. The information was confidential and not used for any purpose other than this study. The data collected was only with limited access to the working staff in the project. Identifiable patient information and hospital name were not shared; we used numbers as codes for patients instead of their names. The IRB of An-Najah National University waived the need for informed consent since we used retrospective data. All the methods used in the study were carried out in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.