Funding for this research was provided by:
Equipment TNI medical AG
Article History
Received: 10 September 2017
Accepted: 4 January 2018
First Online: 24 January 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved (414–14-06102014) and registered (ClinicalTrails NCT02504814) by the ethics committee of the Medical School of Leipzig University. All patients gave written informed consent to participate in the study.
: Not applicable.
: JB received travel grants and equipment from TNI medical AG (Wuerzburg, Germany). FM declares that he/she has no competing interests. HW received lecture fees from TNI medical AG.
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