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Article History

Received: 14 November 2024

Accepted: 20 January 2025

First Online: 4 February 2025

Declarations

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: This study was conducted in accordance with the code of ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki). There were no experiments or interventions involving human participants or animals. According to national law, research ethics committee approval was not required for this survey. This was confirmed by the ethics commitee Medizinische Ethikkommission an der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (20241015 01). All survey participation was anonymous, only limited personal data and therefore no identifiable data was collected. Participation was voluntary. Participants were informed about the purpose and details of the study and could refuse to participate or discontinue participation at any time without consequences. Participants following the invitation and completing the questionnaire after reading the introduction were considered to have given their informed consent and were included in the study. To ensure participant anonymity, no additional informed consent form was required. The survey data was processed confidentially, anonymously and in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulations of the European Union.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.

: SD was the resident spokesperson and representative on the board of the German Society of Pediatric Surgery (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kinderchirurgie) from 2019 to 2023 and deputy spokesperson from 2017 to 2019. LS was the deputy spokesperson from 2022 to 2023 and is the current resident spokesperson and representative on the board of the German Society for Pediatric Surgery.

: Not applicable.