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Article History

Received: 27 November 2023

Accepted: 26 December 2024

First Online: 7 January 2025

Declarations

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: The study was approved by the Swedish Ethical Review Authority on July 7, 2021, with approval number 2021–03324. The research was performed in accordance with Swedish guidelines and regulations. Regarding informed consent, according to the Swedish Data Protection Authority, the handling of data generated within the framework of quality registries is exempt from the general rule requiring written informed consent from patients. Furthermore, the Personal Data Act (Swedish law #1998:204, issued 29 April 1998) allows data from medical charts to be collected for clinical purposes and quality control without written informed consent. Following the Declaration of Helsinki was not relevant to this project, as it was based on data that were generated within quality registries.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.