Kehoe, Laura
Borg, Daniel
Corr, Paula
Nolan, Deirdre
Coffey, Deirdre
Amoo, Michael
Nicholson, Patrick
Javadpour, Mohsen
Funding for this research was provided by:
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Article History
Received: 8 October 2025
Revised: 7 January 2026
Accepted: 15 February 2026
First Online: 18 April 2026
Declarations
:
: This study was approved by the local institutional review board at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin (CA2023/160), and performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. All participants provided consent to all treatment.
: This is an observational study of patients treated at our institution. The requirement for individual written consent was waived by the local institutional review board - all patient data was anonymized with no directly identifiable patient data included within our study.
: not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.