*Department of Medicine, Surgery, and Dentistry, University of Salerno
†General, Bariatric, and Emergency Surgical Unit of Fucito Hospital
‡Unit of Odontostomatology, University Hospital of Salerno
§Department Health Protection, ASL Salerno, Salerno, Italy
All procedures were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
Specific informed consent was obtained from each patient, and the local Institutional Ethical Committee approved the study.
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
Reprints: Salvatore Tramontano, MD, General, Bariatric, and Emergency Surgical Unit of Fucito Hospital, University Hospital of Salerno, Mercato San Severino (Salerno) 84085, Italy (e-mail: [email protected]).