Article History
Received: 10 April 2024
Accepted: 8 June 2024
First Online: 7 July 2024
Declarations
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: This study adhered to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and was registered and approved by our local clinical effectiveness team (Clinical Effectiveness Department, Chorley and South Ribble Hospital, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals). As this was a retrospective anonymized study, and according to our local protocol from our Clinical Effectiveness Department, and as per national guidelines from the National Code of Clinical Research, and the Health Research Authority (HRA) UK, this study has ethical approval exemption.
: Consent for publication of individual person data has been obtained.
: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.