Zhao, Chaohui Lisa
Amin, Ali
Hui, Yiang
Yang, Dongfang
Cao, Weibiao
Article History
Received: 3 October 2017
Accepted: 20 March 2018
First Online: 2 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at the Rhode Island Hospital (the IRB committee number 0258–02). Additional informed consent was not required by the IRB for this retrospective study since our hospital standard consent form for surgical or other procedure specifically states that" I understand that the Hospital may use for teaching or scientific purposes, or may otherwise dispose of, tissues, fluids or organs removed during the procedure".
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