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Article History

Received: 9 June 2020

Accepted: 27 January 2021

First Online: 24 February 2021

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Ethics Committee of the American University of Beirut Medical Center (September 23, 2019 / No. BIO-2018-0547).The protocol, informed consent template, case report forms, and other study related appendices for this trial were submitted to, reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the American University of Beirut Medical Center for the scientific soundness of the project, ethical aspects, and its impact on medical practice for our patient population.After the primary surgeon introduces the study to the patient, the research assistant will explain the study and invite the patients to sign the consent form in a private clinic. The research assistant will be trained by the principal investigator on the process of signing the consent. In addition, other members of the study team will be trained and certified to obtain the consent, so they can help in case the research assistant was not available to discuss participation with a potential candidate. The subject will be given opportunity to ask questions regarding the study and will receive a copy of the IRB approved and updated consent form with his/her signature.

: Not Applicable. Our manuscript does not contain any individual person’s data in any form (including any individual details, images or videos).

: Eman Sbaity has received a research grant from Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries – Julphar. Rawya Kredly and Rayan Azab are the involved funder’s representatives from Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries – Julphar. The role of the funders is to provide the funding and the interventional medications MEBO ointment as well as providing/covering the cost of Diltiazem ointment. The funders have absolutely no role nor are they involved in study design or study conduct (the collection, management, analysis or interpretation of the data) or in writing the final manuscript/report or in the decision to submit the report for publication.