Luger, Matthias https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4708-5254
Feldler, Sandra
Schopper, Clemens
Gotterbarm, Tobias
Stadler, Christian
Article History
Received: 3 January 2024
Accepted: 19 October 2024
First Online: 4 November 2024
Declarations
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: This study received ethical approval from the local institutional review board (no.: 1232/2022) of the “Ethikkommission OÖ” of the Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU Linz). Because of the retrospective anonymized evaluation of preexisting medical records, an informed consent was not required. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Consent for publication was given by the all authors.
: We report personal fees paid to one co-author (T.G.) during the conduct of the study from Zimmer Biomet, Europe and from Depuy Synthes Orthopädie Gmbh, Peter Brehm GmbH, ImplanTec GmbH outside the submitted work. We report research grants paid to our institution during the conduct of the study from Zimmer Biomet, Europe, Mathys AG Switzerland, Anika Therapeutics outside the submitted work.