Bernhardt, Olaf https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1093-8740
Giannakopoulos, Nikolaos Nikitas
Kares, Horst
Meyer, Alexander
Nürnberger, Carl-Maximilian
Ruge, Sebastian
Schwahn, Christian
Schlieper, Jörg
Yousif, Sarah
Zenner, Hendrik
Kanzow, Philipp
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsmedizin Greifswald
Article History
Received: 29 July 2025
Revised: 23 November 2025
Accepted: 9 January 2026
First Online: 3 February 2026
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in this study were in accordance with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study protocol was approved by the responsible ethics committee, University Medicine Greifswald, BB030/19.
: All patients gave written informed consent to participate.
: All patients gave personal consent for the publication of this study.
: Olaf Bernhardt, Nikolaos Nikitas Giannakopoulos, Philipp Kanzow, Horst Kares, Alexander Meyer, Carl-Maximilian Nürnberger, Sebastian Ruge, Christian Schwahn, Sarah Yousif and Hendrik Zenner have no conflicts of interest or competing interest. Joerg Schlieper declares conflict of interest regarding MAD design, and adjustability.