Järvelin, Patrik
Pekonen, Henri
Koivisto, Timo
Frösen, Juhana
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tampere University
Article History
Received: 31 August 2025
Revised: 25 October 2025
Accepted: 23 November 2025
First Online: 10 December 2025
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Hospital District of Northern Savo (TKU 53/2014). All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: This study and the publication of it has been approved by Kuopio University Hospital.
: Due to the retrospective nature of this study and the fact that the patients involved were not contacted in any way, the Ethics Committee of the Hospital District of Northern Savo waived the need for an informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.