Knechtle, Beat https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2412-9103
Valero, David https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4133-4843
Villiger, Elias https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8371-1390
Thuany, Mabliny https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6858-1871
Cuk, Ivan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7819-4384
Forte, Pedro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0184-6780
Andrade, Marilia Santos https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7004-4565
Nikolaidis, Pantelis T. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8030-7122
Rosemann, Thomas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6436-6306
Weiss, Katja https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1247-6754
Article History
Received: 14 March 2024
Accepted: 14 March 2025
First Online: 28 March 2025
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Kanton St. Gallen, Switzerland, with a waiver of the requirement for informed consent of the participants as the study involved the analysis of publicly available data (EKSG 01/06/2010). The study was conducted in accordance with recognized ethical standards according to the Declaration of Helsinki adopted in 1964 and revised in 2013.
: Not applicable.
: Beat Knechtle, David Valero, Elias Villiger, Mabliny Thuany, Ivan Cuk, Pedro Forte, Marilia Santos Andrade, Pantelis Nikolaidis, Thomas Rosemann, and Katja Weiss declare no competing interests with the content of this article.