Rink, Andreas D. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4246-8720
Golubev, Vitaly
Vestweber, Boris
Paul, Claudia
Lang, Hauke
Vestweber, Karl-Heinz
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Article History
Accepted: 2 March 2021
First Online: 16 March 2021
Declarations
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: Written informed consent concerning the surgical techniques was obtained from all individuals included in this trial. The patients treated with SILS were specifically informed about the limited evidence of the new technique. All patients treated since July 2009 gave prospectively informed consent for the use of their data for scientific purposes. Patients treated before 2009 in the control group were asked for consent retrospectively by telephone.
: The authors declare no competing interests.