Carstam, Louise http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6597-2570
Latini, Francesco
Solheim, Ole
Bartek, Jiri Jr.
Pedersen, Lars K.
Zetterling, Maria
Beniaminov, Stanislav
Sjåvik, Kristin
Ryttlefors, Mats
Jensdottir, Margret
Rydenhag, Bertil
Smits, Anja
Jakola, Asgeir S.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Government and the county councils (Avtal om Läkarutbildning och Forskning (ALF)), the ALF-agreement in the form of ALF-Grant (ALFGBG-965622)
the Swedish Research Council (2017–00944)
University of Gothenburg
Article History
Received: 23 May 2023
Accepted: 8 June 2023
First Online: 21 August 2023
Declarations
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: The authors have no financial or non-financial interests to disclose that are relevant to the content of this article.
: The study involving human participants were reviewed and approved by the respective ethical committees of the regions involved: The Regional Committee for Medical Research Ethics Central Norway approved the study but waived the need for informed consent (ref: 2014/1674). The Regional Ethical Committee in the Region of Västra Götaland approved the study but waived the need for informed consent (DNR 1067-16). The regional ethics committee, Regionala Etikprövningsnämnden Uppsala, approved the study protocol (Dnr 2015/210) but waived the need for informed consent for patients operated between 2005 and 2015. Inclusion of patients after January 2015 was based upon a written informed consent. The Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics in Stockholm approved the study protocol and waived the need for informed consent (Dnr: 2017/1760-31).