Garçon, Vera Monika https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7096-7864
Dietrich, Jens Erik https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0022-9502
Strowitzki, Thomas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7024-855X
Freis, Alexander https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8223-5166
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universität Heidelberg (not yet applicable, financial support for APC after acceptance of the manuscript)
Medizinische Fakultät Heidelberg der Universität Heidelberg
Article History
Received: 30 December 2025
Accepted: 24 January 2026
First Online: 8 February 2026
Declarations
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: The authors declare they have no financial interests. TS is an Editorial Board Member of Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics but was not involved in the editorial review or the decision to publish this article.
: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. There was a positive ethical approval for this study from the ethical commission of the Heidelberg University Medical Faculty (reference no. S-649/2016, 21 December 2016). For this retrospective study, only anonymised data were used that were collected during routine clinical treatment.
: Not applicable.