Ptok, Henry
Meyer, Frank
Croner, Roland S.
Gastinger, Ingo
Garlipp, Benjamin
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsklinikum Magdeburg
Article History
Received: 23 November 2020
Accepted: 9 April 2021
First Online: 12 May 2021
Declarations
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: H. Ptok, F. Meyer, R.S. Croner, I. Gastinger, and B. Garlipp declare that they have no competing interests.
: <i>Research involving human participants and/or animals. </i>The study was performed according to the guidelines and ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki for Biomedical Research from 1964 by the World Medical Association and its further amendments, the policy of the local institutional ethics committees, as well as according to the requirements of Good Clinical Research and Good Clinical Practice. Data generation, documentation, and evaluation was performed according to prerequisites of data protection law of the German district Saxony-Anhalt and according to federal law. With regard to the study concept, it can be stated that a (potential) danger for study participants can be definitely excluded. There is no imponderable risk or side effect for the patient. <i>Informed consent.</i> Each patient signed an informed consent form prior to i) surgery, including appropriate explanation of the surgical intervention and potential complications, and ii) generation and documentation of data in the patient data registry.