Schmitt, Felix C. F. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6464-6191
Brenner, Thorsten
Uhle, Florian
Loesch, Svenja
Hackert, Thilo
Ulrich, Alexis
Hofer, Stefan
Dalpke, Alexander H.
Weigand, Markus A.
Boutin, Sébastien
Funding for this research was provided by:
Heidelberg Foundation of Surgery
Article History
Received: 5 July 2018
Accepted: 23 January 2019
First Online: 18 February 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This prospective, observational, clinical study was approved by the local ethics committee (Ethics Committee of the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg; Trial-Code No. S-119/2015; German clinical trials register DRKS00008535). All study patients signed written informed consent.
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