Hutt, Jonathan R. B.
Sur, Avtar http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7826-3455
Sur, Hartej
Ringrose, Aine
Rickman, Mark S.
Article History
Received: 15 July 2017
Accepted: 17 May 2018
First Online: 29 May 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: As the manuscript contains outcome data collected as part of standard routine care, the ethics department at St George’s Hospital determined that formal ethics approval was not required. However, all procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the Clinical Research Facility of St George’s Hospital. All patients provided written informed consent to their data being part of this study as part of their surgical consent.
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