Kvalbein-Olsen, Lars Christian https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8447-5868
Aakhus, Eivind https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9336-3203
Haavet, Ole Rikard https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6847-8727
Mdala, Ibrahimu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5204-1934
Werner, Erik L. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4570-6299
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Oslo
Article History
Received: 11 March 2025
Accepted: 26 August 2025
First Online: 29 September 2025
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The CONSORT guidelines were utilized to structure all reporting of reported results. See Supplement 2 for the CONSORT checklist.The study received ethical clearance from the Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics in South-Eastern Norway (2019/904), which determined that their approval was not necessary. Based on both oral and written information, all participating patients provided written informed consent to take part in the study. All methods were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: The authors declare no competing interests.