Bien, Christian G. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2225-8654
Rada, Anna https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2538-0786
Mertens, Markus
Bien, Corinna I.
Bauer, Jan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5802-8047
Hagemann, Anne https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8158-7442
Woermann, Friedrich G. https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9502-0491
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universität Bielefeld
Article History
Received: 2 June 2024
Revised: 16 July 2024
Accepted: 18 July 2024
First Online: 6 August 2024
Declarations
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: None of the authors report a conflict of interest.
: The ethics committee of the Medical Faculty of the University of Münster, which is in charge for us, has approved this study and waived patient consent because of the mainly retrospective nature of this work on patients personally investigated and treated by the authors (no. 2020-244-f-S). Nevertheless, 16/20 patients who were seen prospectively for follow-up in addition signed a consent form. All investigations have been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.