Santoni, Matteo http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7340-6173
Massari, Francesco
Grande, Enrique
Procopio, Giuseppe
Matrana, Marc R.
Rizzo, Mimma
De Giorgi, Ugo
Basso, Umberto
Milella, Michele
Iacovelli, Roberto
Aurilio, Gaetano
Incorvaia, Lorena
Buti, Sebastiano
Caffo, Orazio
Fornarini, Giuseppe
Carrozza, Francesco
Mollica, Veronica
Rizzo, Alessandro
Farag, Fady
Molina-Cerrillo, Javier
Battelli, Nicola
Article History
Accepted: 7 July 2021
First Online: 2 August 2021
Declarations
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: No external funding was used in the preparation of this article.
: Matteo Santoni, Francesco Massari, Enrique Grande, Giuseppe Procopio, Marc R. Matrana, Mimma Rizzo, Ugo De Giorgi, Umberto Basso, Michele Milella, Roberto Iacovelli, Gaetano Aurilio, Lorena Incorvaia, Sebastiano Buti, Orazio Caffo, Giuseppe Fornarini, Francesco Carrozza, Veronica Mollica, Alessandro Rizzo, Fady Farag, Javier Molina-Cerrillo, and Nicola Battelli have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this article.
: The research was carried out in accordance with the approval by the ethical committee of the participating institutions.
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: MS designed and directed the project. MS, VM, AR, and FM wrote the article and performed the statistical analysis. EG, GP, MRM, MR, UDG, UB, MM, RI, GA, LI, SB, OC, GF, FC, FF, and JM-C collected data from their centers for the retrospective analysis. EG, GP, MRM, and NB were responsible for the final revision.
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