Lisitano, Leonard http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2194-4487
Röttinger, Timon
Thorne, Tyler
Förch, Stefan
Cifuentes, Jairo
Rau, Kim
Vounatsos, Panagiotis Daniel
Mayr, Edgar
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsklinikum Augsburg
Article History
Received: 3 June 2023
Accepted: 18 August 2023
First Online: 30 August 2023
Declarations
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: Leonard Lisitano, Timon Röttinger, Tyler Thorne, Stefan Förch, Jairo Cifuentes, Kim Rau, Panagiotis Daniel Vounatsos and Edgar Mayr declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. The study was classified as harmless by the Ethics Committee of the Bavarian State Medical Association (Bayerische Landesärztekammer).
: Data already collected during the treatment was used in anonymized form. It is not possible to assign the anonymized data to individual persons. This procedure was allowed by the ethics committee. Whenever possible, informed consent was obtained from patients during the 1-year follow-up calls. In cases where patients were deceased or unable to provide consent, consent was obtained from their relatives or legal guardians.