Smith-Singares, Eduardo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0169-2788
Article History
Received: 3 December 2017
Accepted: 18 February 2018
First Online: 24 February 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The author declares that he has no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants in our facilities are carried out in accordance with the ethical standards and policies of the institutional review board, and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments. For this type of retrospective study a formal research consent is not required. This article does not contain any studies with animals performed by the author.
: In the presence of the author, each patient (or his/her legal representative when it applies, and when feasible) included in this study has signed an informed consent to the surgical procedure, which underlines that the procedures adheres to the ethical and medical standard criteria and in which the patient also gives permission for medical data to be used (in de-identified and/or aggregated form) for scientific purposes, including publications.