Jalil, Assad https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3820-137X
Ivanova, Tsveta https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2923-0972
Moussa, George https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5136-6841
Parry, Neil R. A.
Black, Graeme C. M. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8727-6592
Article History
Received: 11 August 2022
Revised: 13 August 2022
Accepted: 12 September 2022
First Online: 26 September 2022
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: As this was a retrospective anonymized study, as per our local protocol from our Clinical Effectiveness Department, and as per national guidelines from the National Code of Clinical Research, and the Health Research Authority (HRA), this study has ethical approval exemption and no patient consent was required for participation. All procedures were completed prior to the design of this study. Patients were diagnosed and treated according to local guidelines and agreements and written consent from patients was acquired prior to all procedures as clinically indicated. This study does not report on the use of new or experimental protocols.