Della Villa, Francesco https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9379-6666
Andriolo, Luca https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6352-9671
Ricci, Margherita
Filardo, Giuseppe
Gamberini, Jacopo
Caminati, Daniele
Della Villa, Stefano
Zaffagnini, Stefano
Article History
Received: 25 February 2019
Accepted: 26 July 2019
First Online: 3 August 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: G. Filardo received institutional support from: Finceramica Faenza Spa (Italy), Fidia Farmaceutici Spa (Italy), CartiHeal (2009) Ltd (Israel), EON Medica SRL (Italy), IGEA Clinical Biophysics (Italy), BIOMET (USA) and Kensey Nash (USA). S. Zaffagnini received financial support from I + srl, Italy, and he has royalties from Springer, Germany. He receives institutional support from: Fidia Farmaceutici Spa (Italy), CartiHeal (2009) Ltd (Israel), IGEA Clinical Biophysics (Italy), BIOMET (USA) and Kensey Nash (USA). L. Andriolo, M. Ricci, F. Della Villa, J. Gamberini, D. Caminati, and S. Della Villa declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: No funding.
: The Hospital Ethics Committee and Internal Review Board approved this study.