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"Declarations Competing interestsAll authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial or non-financial interest in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript. Ethics approvalThis retrospective chart review study involving human participants was in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The Human Investigation Committee (IRB) of Heidelberg University was extensively consulted and waived informed patient consent due to the retrospective character of the investigation. Competing interests All authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial or non-financial interest in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript."

"Funding Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. P.V.N. is a clinician scientist partially supported by state funds approved by the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg for the Innovation Campus Health + Life Science Alliance Heidelberg. No additional third-party funding was received for this study."