Mikušková, K.
Hvizdoš, D.
Statelová, D.
Payer, J.
Siebert, T.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Comenius University in Bratislava
Article History
Received: 24 September 2025
Revised: 16 October 2025
Accepted: 21 October 2025
First Online: 30 October 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests, one of the authors (J. P.) is a member of the journal's Editorial Board and the Editor-in-Chief but he declares that he has not influenced the course of the anonymous and rigorous peer-review process.
: This study followed the ethical principles established by the Declaration of Helsinki for research involving humans and the STROBE guidelines for conducting observational studies. This retrospective study was approved by the ethics committee of the University Hospital Martin, Slovakia (study reference number: EKUNM44/2024). Every patient in the study consented to surgical treatment and signed an informed consent.
: Available, if necessary, obtained from patient as written consent (Figs. – ).