Schmidt, Felix
Meister, Franziska A.
Hitpass, Lea
Wirtz, Theresa H.
Lang, Sven A.
Oldhafer, Felix
Beetz, Oliver
von Websky, Martin W.
Vogel, Thomas
Vondran, Florian W. R.
Joechle, Katharina
Amygdalos, Iakovos https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5138-4214
Funding for this research was provided by:
START-Program of the Faculty of Medicine of the RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany. ((#01/23))
RWTH Aachen University
Article History
Received: 8 January 2026
Accepted: 27 March 2026
First Online: 27 April 2026
Disclosure
: None.
: The study was conducted under the ethical approval of the institutional review board of the RWTH Aachen University (EK-001/21) and in accordance with the current version of the Declaration of Helsinki, the Declaration of Istanbul, and good clinical practice guidelines. The need for informed consent was waived because of the retrospective study design and collection of readily available clinical data. The authors are accountable for all aspects of the work (if applied, including full data access, integrity of the data, and the accuracy of the data analysis) and for ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.