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DECLARATIONS
Authors’ contributions
Collecting imaging material and manuscript writing: Baur J, Ramser M, Dietz UA

Availability of data and materials
Not applicable.

Financial support and sponsorship
None.

Conflicts of interest
Dietz UA is proctor for Intuitive. All other authors declared that there are no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval and consent to participate
The scientific analysis of patient data in the authors' clinic is covered by an ethical vote of the University of
Basel (EKZN 2019-02046). Patients have consented to the use and publication of their medical data
collected in the course of medical care for scientific purposes.

Consent for publication
Patients have consented to the use and publication of their medical data collected in the course of medical
care for scientific purposes.

Copyright
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