Halligan, Steve
Parker, Sam G.
Plumb, Andrew A.
Windsor, Alastair C. J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research for Patient Benefit Programme (PB-PG-0816-20005)
National Institute for Health Research (Biomedical research centre scheme, Biomedical research centre funding scheme)
Article History
Received: 7 November 2017
Revised: 6 January 2018
Accepted: 12 January 2018
First Online: 12 March 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is S.H.
: S.G.P. and A.C.J.W. declare a relationship with Allergan PLC (Dublin, Ireland. A.C.J.W. also declares relationships with BARD Medical (Covington, GA, USA), and Cook Medical (Limerick, Ireland). S.H. and A.A.P. declare no relationships with any companies, whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: One the authors (S.H.) has significant statistical expertise.
: Written informed consent was not required because the paper is a narrative review.
: Institutional Review Board approval was not required because the paper is a narrative review.
: • Narrative review