Rangel, Nelson
Fortunati, Nicoletta
Osella-Abate, Simona
Annaratone, Laura
Isella, Claudio
Catalano, Maria Graziella
Rinella, Letizia
Metovic, Jasna
Boldorini, Renzo
Balmativola, Davide
Ferrando, Pietro
Marano, Francesca
Cassoni, Paola
Sapino, Anna
Castellano, Isabella http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9072-1615
Article History
Received: 31 May 2017
Accepted: 21 June 2018
First Online: 3 July 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The project provided an informed consent, obtained from the patients at the time of surgery due to the retrospective approach of the study, which did not impact on their treatment. The procedure for collecting the consent was approved by the Committee for human Biospecimen Utilization (Department of Medical Sciences – ChBU). “All the cases were anonymously recorded, and data were accessed anonymously”. The study was conducted in compliance with the Helsinki Declaration.
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