Schiener, Tom
Leica, Alexandra
Amsler, Felix
Hügli, Rolf
Nowakowski, Andrej Maria
Hirschmann, Michael T.
Mathis, Dominic T.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research group “DKF Knee” of the University of Basel
Article History
Received: 29 December 2025
Accepted: 7 January 2026
First Online: 2 February 2026
Declarations
: The authors have no financial or proprietary interests in any material discussed in this article.
: There is no conflict of interests for any of the researchers involved in this study.
: This project complies with the regulatory requirements of the HFG and HFV. The project has been approved by the Ethics Committee.of Central Switzerland (Ethikkommission Nordwest- und Zentralschweiz (EKNZ)). Project-ID: 2022–02293.
: Only patients who have signed a declaration of consent for further use of their biological material and health related data for biomedical research will be included in this study. In this written document, the patient was also informed about the basic content of further use. With the signature, the patient confirms that he has read the information, has been informed about the further use and can withdraw his consent at any time.
: No figures, tables, or other content in this manuscript have been reproduced from external sources. All materials presented are original and created by the authors.
: This study is retrospective and was not registered as a clinical trial.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.