Bakir, Mustafa Sinan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2448-2150
Langenbach, Andreas
Pinther, Melina
Lefering, Rolf
Krinner, Sebastian
Grosso, Marco
Ekkernkamp, Axel
Schulz-Drost, Stefan
,
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsmedizin Greifswald
Article History
Received: 17 May 2021
Accepted: 25 October 2021
First Online: 5 November 2021
Declarations
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: The senior author S. Schulz-Drost is a member of the AO TK Thoracic Surgery Expert Group (THEG), he has a consultant agreement with DePuySynthes and he is working for the national DSTC™ program. Sebastian Krinner has a consultant agreement with Stryker. Sinan Bakir, Andreas Langenbach, Melina Pinther, Rolf Lefering, Marco Grosso and Axel Ekkernkamp state that they are not involved in any conflict of interest.
: All data were collected anonymously and the study has been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. Due to the retrospective character of the analysis, the given informed consent, the existing ethics vote, and the international character of the registry, no additional approval from local ethics committee was necessary (University Hospital Erlangen, Ethics Committee).
: Written informed consent was obtained from all patients, their parents, or a legal guardian.
: All patients, their parents, or a legal guardian gave their informed written consent for publishing data.