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Green, Lauren M.
Wallis, Thomas
Schuhmann, Martin U.
Jaeger, Matthias https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7500-9160
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Article History
Received: 6 February 2021
Accepted: 13 May 2021
First Online: 26 May 2021
Declarations
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: The local human research ethics committee approved this study (2019/ETH11729) for the Australian patient cohort. Because of the retrospective nature of the study with analysis of routinely collected data the need for informed consent was waived. In Germany, retrospective analysis of data recorded as part of routine clinical management was appraised by the local ethics committee of Tübingen without the necessity of informed consent of patients examined in the past according to German Law (§ 15 Abs. 3 Landesdatenschutzgesetz).
: As per our ethics statement, this was a retrospective study, not requiring separate consent for publication.
: MJ has received funding from the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute for research on hydrocephalus related topics. He has received honoraria from B. Braun Australia Pty Ltd for presentations on hydrocephalus.
