Feige, Ann-Christin
Cyris, Miriam
Sutor, Simone
Schlenz, Maximiliane Amelie
Dörfer, Christof E.
Sälzer, Sonja
Graetz, Christian https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8316-0565
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein - Campus Kiel
Article History
Received: 8 June 2026
Accepted: 21 September 2026
First Online: 28 September 2026
Declarations
Ethical approval and consent to participate: All procedures were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committees (Kiel IRB: D533/22), as well as the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and their more recent versions and were approved by the ethics committee of the medical faculty of the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel. This study was prospectively registered in the German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS00031539) on 04th May 2023.Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
Consent for publication: Not applicable. All participants were informed about the study and gave written informed consent before the start of the investigation.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.