Brundridge, Wesley http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0928-7242
Reed, Donovan
Santamaria, Joe
Mehta, Aditya
Valentin, Frank
Davies, Brett
Article History
Received: 4 February 2019
Revised: 6 May 2019
Accepted: 9 May 2019
First Online: 25 May 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the office of the Institutional Review Board (IRB), Department of Clinical Investigations at BAMC, and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: The study was granted a waiver of informed consent by the IRB board at BAMC as it involved no more than minimal risk to the individuals and their privacy. The data is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliant. Demographic and clinical data from the initial examination, surgical charts, and follow-up visits were recorded in a de-identified database.
: The authors report no financial disclosures. The view(s) expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Brooke Army Medical Center, the US Army Medical Department, the US Army Office of the Surgeon General, the Department of the Air Force, the Department of the Army or the Department of Defense, or the US Government.