Gänsslen, Axel
Krappinger, Dietmar
Liodakis, Emmanouil
Clausen, Jan-Dierk
Omar-Pacha, Tarek
Lindtner, Richard A.
Sehmisch, Stephan
Osche, David B.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH)
Article History
Received: 20 May 2026
Accepted: 25 June 2026
First Online: 9 July 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Due to the retrospective study design and the use of anonymized routinely collected clinical data, informed consent was not required. The requirement for informed consent was waived by the ethics committee (Nr. 12361-BO-K-2026).
: Artificial intelligence (AI) was used in the preparation of this manuscript solely to improve clarity and language. Specifically, the GPT-4 language model by OpenAI was used to assist in refining the text, enhancing readability, and ensuring grammatical accuracy. AI was not used for study design, data collection, data analysis, or interpretation.