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Muller, Henra
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Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Foundation of South Africa (129510)
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Article History
Received: 15 July 2024
Accepted: 24 October 2025
First Online: 18 November 2025
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee (HSREC) (Reference No. UFS-HSD2020/1719/2601) of the University of the Free State (UFS) and the Free State Department of Health, South Africa. Because of the retrospective nature of the study, patient informed consent was not required by HSREC of UFS and informed consent waived. All CT scan data from CRPM used during the research study were anonymised, and no personal information of any of the patients was disclosed. This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
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: The grant holder acknowledges that opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in any publication generated by NRF-supported research is that of the author alone and that the NRF accepts no liability whatsoever in this regard.
: The author declare no competing interests.
