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Authors
Joswig, H. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3540-3910
Nestle, S. H.
Funk, J. M.
Sultanova, S.
Doenitz, C.
Seyfried, T.
Augustin, J.
Grassmann, F.
Träger, U.
Blecha, S.
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
HMU Health and Medical University Potsdam GmbH
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Article History
Received: 10 February 2026
Accepted: 4 June 2026
First Online: 12 June 2026
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the Ethics Committee of the Brandenburg State Medical Association (Landesärztekammer Brandenburg) (2024–90-BO-ff) and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study was registered in the German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS0003476).
: Due to the retrospective nature of the study, informed consent was waived/not applicable.
: Sections of this manuscript were edited for grammar using Perplexity Pro.
: Medtronic has supported this study financially through the External Research Program (ERP-2024–13787) and was not involved in the study design, collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data. Holger Joswig accepted research as well as travel grants from Miethke and Nevro unrelated to this study. All other authors, declare no conflicts of interest.
