Kõiv, K.
Aunapuu, M.
Torga, T.
Rätsep, T.
Bakhoff, K.
Arend, A.
Article History
Received: 19 June 2023
Accepted: 25 October 2024
First Online: 6 November 2024
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Ethical Committee of Human Research, University, of Tartu in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (1975). Informed written consent was obtained from all 25 patients of the study groups and from 9 patients of the control group before surgery, and they were asked to complete a questionnaire containing extra information about them (age, weight, height, smoking, working, and exercise habits).
: The written informed consent to publish the information of the manuscript was obtained from all participants.
: The authors declare no competing interests.