Hanselmann, Michael
Merzweiler, Sophie
Stark, Renée
Koschker, Ann-Cathrin
Klinger, Carsten
Vladimirov, Miljana
Seyfried, Florian
Zippel-Schultz, Bettina
Fassnacht, Martin
Laxy, Michael
Funding for this research was provided by:
Technische Universität München
Article History
Received: 6 November 2025
Revised: 13 January 2026
Accepted: 27 January 2026
First Online: 9 March 2026
Declarations
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: This study is based on StuDoQ|MBE registry data. All patients provided written informed consent before registry entry, and each participating German hospital has obtained institutional review board approval before participation. The informed consent and data safety concept was approved by the Society for Technology, Methods, and Infrastructure for Networked Medical Research (http://www.tmf-ev.de ), and publication guidelines were established by the DGAV (http://www.dgav.de/studoq/datenschutzkonzept-und-publikationsrichtlinien.html ). Data extraction was performed after formal application and a positive vote of the registry steering committee.
: The authors declare no competing interests.