Thaher, Omar http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1883-7146
Driouch, Jamal
Hukauf, Martin
Glatz, Torben
Croner, Roland S.
Stroh, Christine
Article History
Received: 11 May 2022
Accepted: 30 July 2022
First Online: 8 August 2022
Declarations
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: Martin Hukauf was employed by StatConsult GmbH (Magdeburg, Germany). Omar Thaher, Jamal Driouch, Torben Glatz, Roland S. Croner, and Christine Stroh declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as potential conflicts of interest.
: No formal consent was obtained for this study. Ethical approval was waived by the local Ethics Committee of Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg in view of the retrospective nature of the study and all the procedures being performed were part of the routine care. All data were gathered and analyzed in accordance with the privacy and ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee and the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all the participants included in the study.