Michael, Kirolos G. F. T.
Michael, Sarah
Abusada, Ehab
Srirangam, Shalom J.
Bourdoumis, Andreas
Surange, Raveendra
Article History
Received: 3 July 2022
Accepted: 20 August 2022
First Online: 28 August 2022
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study complies with the ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects as set out by the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki. Ethics approval from the NHS Research Ethics Committee (REC) was not required in accordance with NHS Medical Research Council regulations in the United Kingdom since retrospectively collected data were available as part of routine patient care and strict confidentiality and non-identifiability of patient data was maintained throughout and between centres. Written informed consent was not required due to this study’s non-interventional, retrospective design.