Goretzki, S. C.
Held, C.
Tschirner, S.
Pentek, C.
Kölbel, H.
Della Marina, A.
Gangfuß, A.
Reusch, H.
Schlaghecke, N.
Benson, S.
Schara-Schmidt, U.
Felderhoff-Müser, U.
Dohna-Schwake, C.
Bruns, N.
Article History
Received: 21 December 2025
Accepted: 20 May 2026
First Online: 1 June 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Duisburg-Essen (approval number 25-12803-BO). Due to the retrospective design of the study and the use of anonymized data, the requirement for informed consent was waived by the ethics committee. The study is registered in the German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS) under the identifier DRKS00038522.
: Not applicable. No individual patient data or identifiable information are included in this manuscript.
: The authors declare no competing interests.