Article History
Received: 31 October 2020
Accepted: 18 June 2021
First Online: 21 July 2021
Declarations
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: This study got ethical approval from the Health Research Ethics Committee of Ministry of Health, Kano State (MOH/Off/797/T.I./600); Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), Kano State (MAC/SUB/12A/P-3/VI/2279); and National Orthopaedic Hospital Dala (NOHD), Kano State (NOHDK/RET/ETHIC/6O). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to participating in the study. Any justifiable modifications to this protocol will be communicated to the aforementioned Health Research Ethics Committee as well as updated in the Pan African Clinical Trials Registry (PACTR201810713260138).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.