Wolf, Matthias
Lehner, Burkhard
Geisbüsch, Andreas
Merle, Christian
Walker, Tilman
Deisenhofer, Julian
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Article History
Received: 16 July 2025
Accepted: 17 December 2025
First Online: 15 January 2026
Declarations
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: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Ethics Committee of University of Heidelberg, Medical Faculty (S-649/2019). Informed consent was not obtained due to the retrospective protocol assessing routine clinical data that do not include an experimental protocol.
: Competing Interests – M.W. received a scientific grant from Stiftung Endoprothetik, Hamburg, Germany. C.M. is a speaker for ZimmerBiomet and Medacta and a Board member of AE Germany, T.W. is a board Member of AE Germany. B.L. is a speaker for Implantcast. A.G. and J.D. have no competing interests.
: M.W. received a scientific grant from Stiftung Endoprothetik, Hamburg, Germany. C.M. is a speaker for ZimmerBiomet and Medacta and a Board member of AE Germany, T.W. is a board Member of AE Germany. B.L. is a speaker for Implantcast. A.G. and J.D. have no competing interests.