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Article History

Received: 20 September 2018

Accepted: 11 October 2018

First Online: 8 November 2018

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: This retrospective study based on four composite databases, which were all approved by the local research ethics committee. The processing of patients’ personal data was anonymized and complied with local data protection legislations. As no individual data is published as well as no intervention was performed to patients, the formal patient consent was waived.

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