Metsemakers, W. J. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4114-9093
Claes, G.
Terryn, P. J.
Belmans, A.
Hoekstra, H.
Nijs, S.
Article History
Received: 29 November 2016
Accepted: 21 July 2017
First Online: 25 July 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
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: All authors were involved in the study and contributed substantially to the manuscript. Each of the authors is in agreement with the contents of the manuscript. Prof. dr. Willem-Jan Metsemakers and prof. dr. Stefaan Nijs are consultants for DepuySynthes. Prof. dr. Harm Hoekstra is a member of the lecture bureau of DepuySynthes. The department of Trauma Surgery receives an unrestricted research grant from DepuySynthes and is a training centre for DepuySynthes. All authors hereby disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence this work.
: Given the retrospective nature of the study, the results described did not contain direct research involving Human Participants, nor did it contain research on Animals. The study protocol was conducted following good clinical practice guidelines. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Catholic University Leuven, Belgium.