Schick, Benedikt
Mayer, Benjamin
Walter, Steffen
Gruss, Sascha
Stitz, Ronald
Stitz, Pauline
Barth, Eberhard
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universitätsklinikum Ulm
Article History
Received: 2 February 2021
Accepted: 26 October 2021
First Online: 5 November 2021
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the ethics committee of the University Ulm, Trial-Code No. 284/18 and was retrospectively registered in the German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS-ID: DRKS00021149). Written informed consent was obtained from all patients, their next of kin, or another surrogate decision-maker as appropriate. If patients were unable to provide written informed consent and the next of kin or a designated representative was not available, the inclusion procedure for emergency situations was applied. Post hoc written informed consent was obtained for these patients.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests relating to the present study.