Petzoldt, Sebastian
Buschhaus, Christina
Hecker, Matthias
Hauptmann, Arne
Wagenlehner, Florian
Wolff, Matthias
Reichert, Martin
Grau, Veronika
Hecker, Andreas
Weigand, Markus
Amati, Anca-Laura
Funding for this research was provided by:
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
Article History
Received: 9 October 2025
Accepted: 5 January 2026
First Online: 27 February 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Both the experimental and retrospective clinical studies were approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Giessen, Germany (Nos. 262/20 and 48/17) and conducted in accordance with the latest version of the Declaration of Helsinki. The clinical study was registered with the German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS00037950). Due to its retrospective nature, the requirement for individual written consent was waived by the Ethics Committee.