Luger, Matthias https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4708-5254
Stadler, Christian
Hochgatterer, Rainer
Allerstorfer, Jakob
Gotterbarm, Tobias
Klasan, Antonio
Funding for this research was provided by:
Johannes Kepler University Linz
Article History
Received: 9 July 2021
Accepted: 19 December 2021
First Online: 7 January 2022
Declarations
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: One co-author (R.H) has received consultant honoraria of ZimmerBiomet, Europe, outside the submitted work. The authors report personal fees paid to one co-author (T.G.) during the conduct of the study from Zimmer Biomet, Europe and from Depuy Synthes Orthopädie Gmbh, Peter Brehm GmbH, and ImplanTec GmbH outside the submitted work. The authors report research grants paid to our institution during the conduct of the study from Zimmer Biomet, Europe, Mathys AG Switzerland, and Anika Therapeutics outside the submitted work.
: This study received ethical approval from the local institutional review board of the “Ethikkommission OÖ” of the Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU Linz) (EK-No.: 1239/2019).
: This study was approved by the institutional review board (EK-No.: 1239/2019) in accordance with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki. Because of the retrospective evaluation of pre-existing medical records, an informed consent was not required.
: Because of the retrospective evaluation of pre-existing medical records, a consent to publish was not obtained.