Longo, Umile Giuseppe
Papalia, Rocco
De Salvatore, Sergio
Ruzzini, Laura
Piergentili, Ilaria
Salvatore, Giuseppe
Candela, Vincenzo
Denaro, Vincenzo
Article History
Received: 6 November 2021
Accepted: 18 April 2022
First Online: 29 April 2022
Declarations
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: The Institutional Review Board of Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome ruled that no formal ethics approval was required in this particular case and the need to obtain informed consent was waived based on the retrospective design and anonymization of patient identifiers. The access to the database is on request. All data were obtained by the Direzione Generale della Programmazione Sanitaria—Banca Dati SDO of the Italian Ministry of Health. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: UGL is a member of the Editorial Board of BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. The remaining authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.