Smolle, Maria Anna https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1021-0899
Rauscher, Johannes
Wenzl, Florian Alexander
Igrec, Jasminka
Szkandera, Joanna
Liegl-Atzwanger, Bernadette
Leithner, Andreas
Andreou, Dimosthenis
Article History
Received: 4 March 2026
Accepted: 5 July 2026
First Online: 18 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was approved by the local institutional review board (IRB no. 35-479 ex 22/23). Given the retrospective design of the study, written informed consent was waived.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: MAS received research grants from the Kulturamt Stadt Graz, the Austrian Sience Fund (FWF) and the Österreichische Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und Orthopädische Chirurgie (ÖGO), outside of the submitted work. Furthermore, she has received support for attending meetings by Alphamed Fischer, Implantcast, ImplanTec and PharmaMar, outside of the submitted work. The remaining authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.