Švec, Andrey
Bibza, Martin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5463-8937
Tisovský, Peter
Boleková, Veronika
Šteňo, Boris
Funding for this research was provided by:
Comenius University in Bratislava
Article History
Received: 19 August 2025
Revised: 2 October 2025
Accepted: 4 October 2025
First Online: 14 October 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This retrospective study was approved by the Ethics Committee of University Hospital Bratislava—Ružinov (Decision No. EK/076/2020) and conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (2013 revision).
: All patients signed written informed consent prior to surgery. The institutional consent form explicitly permits anonymised use of clinical data for research; the Ethics Committee did not require additional consent for this retrospective analysis.
: No identifiable images or personal data are included. Consent for publication of anonymised aggregate data was covered by the institutional consent form; no additional consent was required by the Ethics Committee.