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"Declarations Conflict of InterestShuang Chen, Ying Ding, Xiaoming Zhang, Xue Zhang, Jiajia Xiang, Yiling Deng, Xingran Tao, Wenke Cai, Zhigui Li, Jiayu Chen, Fanyi Kong, and Na Li declare that they have no financial or other conflict of interest. Ethical ApprovalThe trial follows the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. The study has been approved by the Ethics Committee of the 920th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force, approval No. of the Ethic Committee: 2022-106(k)-01. The researchers will follow GCP principles and the approved protocol to implement clinical research and protect the health and rights of each patient. All participants will sign an informed consent before starting the study. Conflict of Interest Shuang Chen, Ying Ding, Xiaoming Zhang, Xue Zhang, Jiajia Xiang, Yiling Deng, Xingran Tao, Wenke Cai, Zhigui Li, Jiayu Chen, Fanyi Kong, and Na Li declare that they have no financial or other conflict of interest."

"Funding This work is supported by the key projects [2022]250, the Reserve Talents for Academic and Technical Leaders of Middle-aged and Young People in Yunnan Province (202305AC160069), Yunnan Provincial Ten Thousand Talents Program ‘Young Top Talent Project’ (YNWR-QNBJ-2019-184). The Rapid Service Fee was funded by two projects, the key projects [2022]250 and the Reserve Talents for Academic and Technical Leaders of Middle-aged and Young People in Yunnan Province (202305AC160069)."

"Trial Registration ChiCTR2300069458. Registered on March 16, 2023."