Zeiner, Carsten
Schmitt, Pascal D.
Weise, Julius J.
Rixecker, Torben M.
Bals, Robert
Lepper, Philipp M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universität des Saarlandes
Article History
Received: 14 May 2026
Accepted: 8 September 2026
First Online: 12 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Medical Association of Saarland (Approval Number 98/22).Written informed consent to participate was obtained from all participants prior to inclusion in the study. All procedures involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee and with the Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.