Preuss, Lisanne https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0402-8197
Simon, Steffen T. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6884-1813
Herling, Marco https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7473-7476
Holtick, Udo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5543-0257
Reimer, Alinda https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1618-8784
Schoerger, Berenike https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4209-6659
Kaur, Sukhvir https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6252-6193
Weliwitage, Jithmi https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6596-6680
Hellmich, Martin
Hallek, Michael https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7425-4455
Schepers, Carolin
Ahn, Johann https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5631-4143
Scheid, Christof https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6539-226X
Schroers, Roland https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2744-5491
Franke, Georg-Nikolaus
Voltz, Raymond https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4761-3395
Pralong, Anne https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8201-2344
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsklinikum Köln
Article History
Received: 15 January 2026
Accepted: 27 March 2026
First Online: 2 April 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Study approved by the Ethics Commission of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Cologne on 23 March 2022 (20-1370_2). Research was carried out in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations of this ethical review committee and the the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.