The study was approved by the institutional review board of Chungbuk National University Hospital (IRB No. CBNUH 2026–05-007), and the requirement for written consent was waived by the institutional review board. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki as revised in 2024 and its later amendments.
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Consent for PublicationThe Institutional Review Board of Chungbuk National University Hospital approved this retrospective study, and the requirement to obtain informed consent was waived.
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Competing interestsHansol Moon and Chulhan Kim declare that they have no competing interests.
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