Grappiolo, Guido
La Camera, Francesco
Della Rocca, Antonello
Mazziotta, Giuseppe
Santoro, Giuseppe
Loppini, Mattia http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8569-0669
Article History
Received: 4 July 2018
Accepted: 17 August 2018
First Online: 5 September 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Guido Grappiolo received honoraria for speaking at symposia, financial support for attending symposia and educational programs from Zimmer Biomet, and royalties from Zimmer Biomet and Innomed. Giuseppe Mazziotta, Giuseppe Santoro, Mattia Loppini and Antonello Della Rocca received financial support for attending symposia and educational programs from Zimmer Biomet. Francesco La Camera has no conflict of interest.
: This was a retrospective and observational study with medical records of patients included in a registry of orthopaedic surgical procedures. The study protocol for the development of this registry was approved by the Ethical Committee of Humanitas Research Hospital (approval number 618/17) and in strict accordance with the Helsinki Declaration.
: All individual participants signed a written informed consent before the surgical procedure and a written informed consent to be included in the registry of orthopaedic surgical procedures.