Knechtle, Beat https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2412-9103
Weiss, Katja https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1247-6754
Valero, David https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4133-4843
Scheer, Volker https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-3624
Villiger, Elias https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8371-1390
Nikolaidis, Pantelis T. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8030-7122
Andrade, Marilia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7004-4565
Cuk, Ivan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7819-4384
Gajda, Robert https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8305-8130
Rosemann, Thomas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6436-6306
Thuany, Mabliny https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6858-1871
Article History
Received: 3 December 2024
Accepted: 27 June 2025
First Online: 11 July 2025
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Kanton St. Gallen, Switzerland, with a waiver of the requirement for informed consent of the participants as the study involved the analysis of publicly available data (EKSG 01/06/2010). The study was conducted following recognized ethical standards according to the Declaration of Helsinki adopted in 1964 and revised in 2013.
: The authors declare no competing interests.