Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Stavanger & Stavanger University Hospital
Article History
Accepted: 8 January 2025
First Online: 20 January 2025
Declarations
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: All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.The study has been performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was submitted for registration to the Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics (REC), considered a follow-up quality-control study under the jurisdiction of the local data protection officer, and has been granted an exemption from requiring ethics approval (REC West 2018/268). Due to the use of no personally identifiable data, only anonymous data from patient journals, the study was exempted informed written consent from patients, and was approved by the local data protection officer (journal number 6/2018).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.