Krüger, Gabriele Christa http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3289-1122
Jantz, Richard L. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1382-196X
van der Walt, Elizabeth
Lockhat, Zarina I. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4797-4622
L’Abbé, Ericka N. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6722-8814
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Pretoria
Article History
Received: 8 December 2023
Accepted: 23 June 2024
First Online: 10 July 2024
Declarations
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: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Faculty of Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee (HREC) of the University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa (Ethics approval: 771/2018). Subsequent approval for access to the scans was obtained from the National Health Research Database, specifically the KwaZulu-Natal Health Research Committee (KZ_201901_011) and the Western Cape Health Research Committee (WC_201901_014). All CT scans were obtained retrospectively and anonymized and no identifying information for the subjects was retained.
: Not applicable for this retrospective study.
: The authors have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.