Grande, Pietro http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6887-5589
Antonini, Gabriele
Cristini, Cristiano
De Berardinis, Ettore
Gatto, Antonio
Di Lascio, Giovanni
Lemma, Andrea
Gentile, Giuseppe
Di Pierro, Giovanni Battista http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2321-0548
Article History
Received: 31 December 2017
Accepted: 21 February 2018
First Online: 28 February 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
: We disclose any conflict of interest such as consultancies, stock ownership or other equity interests, patents received and/or pending, or any commercial relationship which might be in any way considered related to the submitted article. All authors have made a significant contribution to the findings and methods in the paper and have read and approved the final draft. Hospital Ethics Committee approval was obtained and it conforms to the provisions of the Declaration of Helsinki. All patients had given written informed consent and anonymity was preserved. The work has not already been published and has not been submitted simultaneously to any other journal.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.