Pilarczyk, Kevin
Rath, Peter-Michael
Steinmann, Joerg
Thielmann, Matthias
Padosch, Stephan A.
Dürbeck, Max
Jakob, Heinz
Dusse, Fabian http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7762-6966
Article History
Received: 12 November 2018
Accepted: 3 April 2019
First Online: 23 April 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board (No. 15–6541-BO) of the University Hospital Essen according to the Declaration of Helsinki. All patients had previously granted permission for use of their medical records for research purposes. Written informed consent was obtained within the pre-operative surgical written and verbal information conversation.
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