Böll, Selina
Schmitz, Timo
Eggers, Maren
Linseisen, Jakob
Meisinger, Christa
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsklinikum Augsburg
Article History
Received: 22 July 2026
Accepted: 21 August 2026
First Online: 10 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. Written informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, approval number: 18–637. Due to cooperation between the Ethics Committees of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and the University of Augsburg, all ethics applications from researchers at the University of Augsburg are submitted and approved through the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München ethics submission system.The study was registered at DRKS (Deutsches Register Klinischer Studien) under the number DRKS00015784.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.