Mei, Shiwen
Zhang, Mingguang
Ye, Feng
Qiu, Wenlong
Quan, Jichuan
Zhuang, Meng
Wang, Xishan
Tang, Jianqiang
Article History
Received: 13 April 2023
Accepted: 29 June 2023
First Online: 7 July 2023
Declarations
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: The ethics committee of our institution authorized this research, and informed consent to collect clinical data was obtained from each patient following the principles of the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki. (Code:22/336–3539).
: Due to the study’s retrospective nature, written informed consent was not obtained. Therefore, we used the opt-out approach to disclose the study information. Participants were provided with information about this project and were able to decline participation voluntarily.
: The authors declare no competing interests.