About the Authors

Manuele Casale

m.casale@unicampus.it

Affiliation Area of Otolaringology, University Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo 21, Rome, Italy

Antonio Moffa

Affiliation Area of Otolaringology, University Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo 21, Rome, Italy

Lorenzo Sabatino

Affiliation Area of Otolaringology, University Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo 21, Rome, Italy

Annalisa Pace

Affiliation Area of Otolaringology, University Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo 21, Rome, Italy

Giuseppe Oliveto

Affiliation Area of Otolaringology, University Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo 21, Rome, Italy

Massimiliano Vitali

Affiliation Bio-Statistical Department, University Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo 21, Rome, Italy

Peter Baptista

Affiliation Department of Otolaringology, University of Navarra, Campus Universitario, Pamplona, Spain

Fabrizio Salvinelli

Affiliation Area of Otolaringology, University Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo 21, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MC. Analyzed the data: AM LS AP GO MV PB FS. Wrote the paper: MC AM LS PB FS. Categorization and study selection: AP GO MV.