Wirtz, Julian https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1406-785X
Smit, Chané https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4047-6356
Robinson, Liam https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0549-7824
Bernitz, Herman https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1361-1225
Timme, Maximilian https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7717-3378
Schmidt, Sven
Schmeling, Andreas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0135-1617
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsklinikum Münster
Article History
Received: 11 September 2025
Accepted: 4 November 2025
First Online: 24 November 2025
Declarations
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: All examinations were performed with the approval of the responsible ethics committee of the Medical Association Westfalen-Lippe and the University of Münster (AZ 2020- 038-f-S), and in accordance with national law. This study was also approved by the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee (Reference no.: 587/2021). All procedures followed the ethical standards of the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008.
: The authors have no conflict of interest to declare.
: Not applicable.