Pourafkari, Leili
Hassani-Afshar, Ata O.
Umholtz, Matthew
Sadeghpour, Anita
Tajlil, Arezou
Li, Carlos M.
Nader, Nader D.
Article History
Received: 16 August 2019
Revised: 14 September 2019
Accepted: 10 October 2019
First Online: 14 November 2019
Compliance with ethical guidelines
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: N.D. Nader, L. Pourafkari, A.O. Hassani-Afshar, M. Umholtz, A. Sadeghpour, A. Tajlil, and C.M. Li declare that they have no competing interests.
: This was a retrospective study conducted at the VA Western New York Medical Center. The institutional ethics committee reviewed and approved the study protocol and the study was exempted from informed consent because of its retrospective design. The study was conducted in accordance to the ethical standards of the Helsinki Declaration of 1975 and patient privacy was maintained.