aDepartment of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
bDepartment of Neurosurgery, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
cDepartment of Rheumatology, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
dNational Advisory Unit on Spinal Surgery, St Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
eDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
fThe Norwegian Spine Registry, North Norway Health Authority, Tromsø, Norway
gDepartment of Public Health and General Practice, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Siril T. Holmberg, MS, Department of Neuromedicine and Movement Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim 7030, Norway; E-mail: [email protected]
Received 18 October, 2020
Revised 23 December, 2020
Accepted 12 January, 2021
STH and VV-L shared first authorship. STH and VV-L contributed equally to this publication.
The manuscript submitted does not contain information about medical device(s)/drug(s).
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