Leboutte, Francois
Schykowski, Tim
Van de Plas, Jeroen
Lemmer, Oscar
Neisius, Andreas
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Article History
Received: 7 August 2024
Accepted: 26 April 2025
First Online: 19 June 2025
Declarations
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: This retrospective cohort study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by our local ethics committee (Ethics Committee of the Mainz Medical Association (2022–16318)). Further, this study is reported in accordance with the STROBE statement guideline for cohort studies.
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: Patient consent was waived due to the retrospective nature of this study. Further, given the provided information, patients cannot be identified (including by the patients themselves).
: The authors declare no competing interests.