Sheckter, Clifford C.
Rochlin, Danielle
Kiwanuka, Harriet
Curtin, Catherine
Momeni, Arash
Article History
Received: 24 April 2019
Accepted: 15 July 2019
First Online: 23 July 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Dr. Momeni is a consultant for Allergan, AxoGen, Sientra, and Stryker. No payment or compensation was received for this study. Dr. Sheckter, Dr. Rochlin, and Ms. Kiwanuka, and Dr. Curtin have no conflicts of interest.
: 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.
: No consent was indicated given de-identified national database (Nationwide Inpatient Sample). Data were accessed by Dr. Sheckter who holds a data use agreement with the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Product.