Previtali, Davide
Di Laura Frattura, Giorgio http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3114-6307
Filardo, Giuseppe
Delcogliano, Marco
Deabate, Luca
Candrian, Christian
Article History
Received: 24 May 2019
Accepted: 28 August 2019
First Online: 7 September 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Dr. Previtali, Dr. Di Laura Frattura, Dr. Deabate and Dr. Delcogliano declare they have no conflict of interest. Dr. Filardo reports institutional support from Finceramica Faenza SPA, Fidia Farmaceutici SPA, CartiHeal (2009) ltd, EON medical SRL, IGEA clinical biophysics, BIOMET, and Kensey nash outside the submitted work. Dr. Candrian reports grants from Medacta International SA, Johnson & Johnson, Lima Corporate, Zimmer Biomet, and Oped AG, outside the submitted work.
: No funding were avaliable for this study.
: This meta-analysis and all the included studies meet all the ethical standards described in the declaration of Helsinki. No ethical commitee approval was required for this study.