Thuany, Mabliny https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6858-1871
Valero, David https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4133-4843
Villiger, Elias https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8371-1390
Forte, Pedro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0184-6780
Weiss, Katja https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1247-6754
Andrade, Marilia Santos https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7004-4565
Nikolaidis, Pantelis T. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8030-7122
Cuk, Ivan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7819-4384
Rosemann, Thomas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6436-6306
Knechtle, Beat https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2412-9103
Article History
Received: 19 March 2024
Accepted: 9 November 2025
First Online: 25 November 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.
: Mabliny Thuany, David Valero, Elias Villiger, Pedro Forte, Katja Weiss, Marilia Santos Andrade, Pantelis T. Nikolaidis, Ivan Cuk, Thomas Rosemann, and Beat Knechtle declare that they have no competing interests. This includes financial interests as well as any professional, personal, or other relationships or beliefs that could be perceived to influence the work reported in this manuscript.