Rehani, Madan M. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3519-1516
Yang, Kai
Melick, Emily R.
Heil, John
Šalát, Dušan
Sensakovic, William F.
Liu, Bob
Article History
Received: 11 July 2019
Revised: 19 September 2019
Accepted: 17 October 2019
First Online: 2 December 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Madan Rehani.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: Dr. Hui Zheng, statistician, kindly provided statistical advice for this manuscript. He has been acknowledged.
: Written informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained wherever IRB was available.Institutional Review Board approval was not required at some as indicated in the manuscript.
: • Retrospective• Observational• Multicenter study