Chien, Siobhan
Glen, Paul
Bryce, Gavin
Cruickshank, Neil
Penman, Ian
Robertson, Kevin
Phull, Perminder
Crumley, Andrew
Gunjaca, Ivan
Apollos, Jeyakumar
Miller, Michael
Fletcher, Jonathan
Fullarton, Grant
Article History
Received: 7 May 2024
Accepted: 10 November 2024
First Online: 26 November 2024
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was obtained via local information governance teams in each health board, in addition to Public Benefit and Privacy (PBPP) approval on a national level from the Caldicott guardian (NHS Scotland Public Benefit and Privacy Panel for Health and Social Care; NHS Scotland). This was approved with the need for individual patient consent waived due to the retrospective nature of data collection and for the purposes of service development as per NHS Scotland PBPP for Health and Social Care. All patients signed a National Health Service (NHS) consent form prior to the procedure.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.