Exploration of Medicine

Declarations

Author contributions

GP: Conceptualization, Data curation, Visualization. ZZ: Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Visualization. VC: Supervision, Visualization. GL: Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing, Visualization.

Conflicts of interest

The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval

The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. According to the local policy, ethical review is not applicable as preliminary cases report with a validated technique.

Consent to participate

The informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from the participant.

Consent to publication

Written informed consent has been obtained from the patient to participate and to anonymously report personal information showing radiographic and clinical images.

Availability of data and materials

The data that support the findings of this study are not available yet in a public folder. Data are however available from Zoran Zaccheroni (zoranzac@libero.it) or Gerardo Pellegrino (gerardo.pellegrino2@unibo.it) upon request.

Funding

This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

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