Kölsche, Tristan
Hagler, Ramona
Huntemann, Niklas
Masanneck, Lars
Müller, Marc
Kutsojannis, Bela Jesaja
Boeckers, Joshua M.
Kirschner, Patricia
Schulze-Bosse, Karin
Aktas, Orhan
Meuth, Sven G.
Ruck, Tobias
Pawlitzki, Marc
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf. Anstalt öffentlichen Rechts
Article History
Received: 15 February 2026
Accepted: 3 August 2026
First Online: 21 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the local ethics committee of Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf (registry number 5951R, approval date 28.06.2018, and registry number 2021–1775, approval date 12.07.2022). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.