Hahn, Niklas
Jäger, Marcus
Wegner, Alexander
Schulte, Tobias Ludger
Busch, André
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsklinikum Essen
Article History
Received: 24 April 2026
Accepted: 2 August 2026
First Online: 22 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Duisburg-Essen (19-8609-BO).
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Informed consent: Written informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.