Arteaga, Alexandra
Qu, Jiayi
Haynes, Sara
Webb, Brian G.
LaFontaine, Javier
Rodrigues, Danieli C.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (F31 DK121483-01)
University of Texas at Dallas and University of Texas Southwestern (Collaborative Biomedical Research Award)
Article History
Received: 19 November 2020
Revised: 22 January 2021
Accepted: 3 February 2021
First Online: 22 February 2021
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: All authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest or non-financial interest in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript.
: All authors consent to the publication of the current manuscript, should the article be accepted by Editor-in-chief upon completion.
: All authors received Institutional Review Board approval (IRB 19-85) prior to any research conducted in this manuscript. All retrieved implants were deidentified, and all clinical information collected associated with that implant were linked to the letter/number and not to the name of the patient or any other identifiable personal health information. Only the hospital had access to patient information and identifiers. Researchers did not have access to personal identifiers.