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Authors
Lange, Ina
El Refaee, Ehab
Matthes, Marc
Schroeder, Henry W. S.
Baldauf, Jörg
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsmedizin Greifswald
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Article History
Received: 3 October 2025
Accepted: 11 February 2026
First Online: 18 February 2026
Declarations
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: This database was initially approved by the Ethics Committee of the University Medicine Greifswald. Retrospective studies using the database do not require additional approval from the Ethics Committee. It is certified that the study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki.
: All patients were informed about data collection for the database and the potential use of anonymized data, and they provided their consent. Consent was obtained verbally, approved by the ethics committee, in accordance with the ethical standards of the Ethics Committee of the University Medicine Greifswald and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments.
: Dr. Schroeder reported receiving personal fees from Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, Germany and Söring GmbH, Quickborn, Germany, outside the submitted work.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
