Biehl, Christoph http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2981-5062
Braun, Thomas
Thormann, Ulrich
Oda, Amir
Szalay, Gabor
Rehart, Stefan
Article History
Received: 9 June 2017
Accepted: 5 July 2018
First Online: 14 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All patients received information about the study and gave written consent. The retrospective study design and all investigation protocols were approved by the hospital data protection officer according to National Institutes of Health guidelines. Consent from the participants was not applicable. According to the legal bases of the Ethics Committee, State Chamber of Medicine in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate (chairman Prof. Dr. med. Dipl. Ing. Stephan Letzel; ยง5a, professional code), no approval was necessary.
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