Mancini, Maura
Meduri, Alessandro
Brancato, Claudio
Oliverio, Giovanni William
De Luca, Laura
Mancini, Alessandra
Palino, Paola
Aragona, Pasquale
Pioppo, Antonino
Lo Giudice, Gregorio
Article History
Received: 27 May 2025
Accepted: 29 November 2025
First Online: 22 December 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This is a retrospective study, so no approval from the Ethics Committee was needed. The Ethics Committee of the ARNAS Civico "Di Cristina e Benfratelli" Hospital in Palermo, Italy, deemed ethical approval unnecessary as this is a retrospective observational study.The study was performed according to the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. Informed consent was obtained from all patients.
: Written Informed consent was obtained from all patients, both for surgery and for publication of images. No identifying images or other personal or clinical data compromising anonymity of the participants have been included.
: Informed consent was obtained from all patients, both for surgery and for publication of images. Written Informed consent was obtained from all patients, both for surgery and for publication of images. It is a retrospective study, and no experimental interventions were performed in relation to the writing of a scientific manuscript. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.