Ahmed, Nasim
Kuo, Yen-Hong
Article History
Received: 21 August 2023
Accepted: 7 June 2024
First Online: 24 June 2024
Declarations
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: All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the Institutional Review Board of Hackensack Meridian Health and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008. Since the data of NTDB are de-identified patient’s information available to the researchers, the study was exempted from Hackensack Meridian Health IRB review. The need for the informed consent was waived by the Hackensack Meridian Health IRB.Informed consent: Given this retrospective study was performed from the de-identified National database from the American College of Surgeons that is available to all researchers, this study was exempted from the IRB review as per policy, and no informed consent was required.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.