Bouffleur, Frederic https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0222-7060
Ruoss, Andreas
Kühle, Reinald
Büsch, Christopher
Engel, Michael
Hoffmann, Jürgen
Mertens, Christian https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6305-364X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Article History
Received: 4 November 2025
Accepted: 9 January 2026
First Online: 27 January 2026
Declarations
:
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Institutional Review Board Statement: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg (application S-230/2017).
: Statement: Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.