Deuter, Daniel
Mederer, Tobias
Rosengarth, Katharina
Anthofer, Judith
Dada, Anes
Knott, Michael
Wendl, Tina
Schmidt, Nils-Ole
Schlaier, Jürgen
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsklinikum Regensburg
Article History
Received: 30 July 2025
Accepted: 6 November 2025
First Online: 1 December 2025
Declarations
: All procedures were performed in compliance with relevant laws and institutional guidelines. All experiments were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The study has been approved by the local ethics committee of the University Hospital of Regensburg, Germany (protocol code Z-2017–0876-10).
: This study was approved by the local ethics committee of the University Hospital of Regensburg, Germany (protocol code Z-2017–0876-10). All experiments were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects.
: DD and TM received travel grants and course fees for educational events from Medtronic and Abbott. JS received teaching fees from Medtronic and research support from St Jude Medical, Antisense Pharma, and Medtronic. Talks in the last years were partly sponsored by Medtronic, St Jude Medical, and BrainLab. Financial compensation was received from Medtronic for his services as a consultant. The remaining authors report no conflict of interest.