Dong, Zhitao
Fang, Kunpeng
Sui, Chengjun
Guo, Junwu
Dai, Binghua
Geng, Li
Yang, Jiamei
Funding for this research was provided by:
Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai Municipality (No.12ZR1440000, No.12ZR1440000)
Shanghai Science and Technology Guidance Project (No.134119a7000, No.134119a7000)
Article History
Received: 3 May 2022
Accepted: 5 July 2022
First Online: 17 July 2022
Declarations
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: We informed the patients about the aims and concerns of the study, to make them better understanding of their disease aetiology and treatment methods, which was highly appreciated by the patients, and motivated them to be a part of the cohort intended for the long-term follow-up by the clinicians. However, it was not appropriate or possible to involve patients or the public in the design, conduct, reporting or dissemination plans of our research. All the laboratory and clinical data were reported to the patients in a simple language. This study was approved by the ethics committee for clinical trials of the Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital (No. EHBHKY2016-06-015). We confirm that all methods are carried out in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations of the ethics committee.
: Not applicable.
: We declare that we have no conflict of interest.