Fox, Benjamin James
Cox, Marcus
Yeoman, Tom
Saeed, Zubair
Auplish, Sunil
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of York (York Hospital Charities Fund)
Article History
Received: 5 June 2026
Accepted: 2 August 2026
First Online: 20 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics Approval and Consent to Participate: Ethical approval was required for the study, and written, informed consent was acquired from all study participants included in long-term follow-up. Approval was granted through an application made to the national HRA (Health Research Authority) through the IRAS (Integrated Research Application System) process. The IRAS research reference number for this study is 307029. This study was also conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
Consent for Publication: The written consent form included a section on consent for publication and all study participants included in long-term follow-up provided their consent for this.
Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.