Santamaria, Joseph http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4990-2710
Mehta, Aditya
Reed, Donovan
Blegen, Halward
Bishop, Bradley
Davies, Brett
Article History
Received: 18 June 2019
Revised: 21 August 2019
Accepted: 27 August 2019
First Online: 5 September 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in the studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the office of the Institutional Review Board (IRB), Department of Clinical Investigations at BAMC, and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: The study was granted a waiver of informed consent by the IRB board at BAMC as it involved no more than minimal risk to the individuals and their privacy. The data is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliant. Demographic and clinical data from the initial examination, surgical charts, and follow-up visits were recorded in a de-identified database.
: The view(s) expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not reflect the official policy or position of San Antonio Military Medical Center, the U.S. Army Medical Department, the U.S. Army Office of the Surgeon General, the Department of the Air Force, the Department of the Army, Department of Defense, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences or any other agency of the U.S. Government.