Albers, Max B.
Almquist, Martin
Bergenfelz, Anders
Nordenström, Erik
Funding for this research was provided by:
Lund University
Article History
Received: 26 November 2019
Accepted: 22 March 2020
First Online: 15 April 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The first author (MBA) received the Sten Tibblin research fellowship grant from the Department of Surgery, University of Lund, supported by an unrestricted grant from Novartis AG, Basel, Switzerland. The sponsor had no role in the design, execution, analysis, and reporting of the study. The other authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in this study were in accordance with the ethical standards of the regional ethical committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments. Ethical approval was given by the Regional Ethical Review Board of Lund University (2018/488).
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.