Valenti, Philippe
Zampeli, Frantzeska
Ciais, Grégoire
Kany, Jean
Katz, Denis
Article History
Received: 8 April 2020
Accepted: 6 May 2020
First Online: 25 May 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
: This study was classified as observational (non-interventional) by our local ethics committee. Statutory and ethical obligations of observational (non-interventional) studies in France: according to the past Huriet law on biomedical research, and to the current regulation that went into effect in August 2006 (law no. 2004-806), such studies do not require prior submission or approval to/from an IRB, and they do not require written consent. There is a current discrepancy on observational studies between the French legal requirements and the editors’ requirements. This observational research on data fulfills current French regulatory and ethical obligations.
: The authors PV, JK, and DK receive royalties from FH orthopedics. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests.