About the Authors

Nicole E. Spruijt

Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Judith ReijmanHinze

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Free University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Greet Hens

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital, Leuven, Belgium

Vincent Vander Poorten

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital, Leuven, Belgium

Aebele B. Mink van der Molen

mvdmolen.ea@planet.nl

Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NES ABM. Performed the experiments: NES. Analyzed the data: NES JRH GH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NES VVP ABM. Wrote the paper: NES JRH GH VVP ABM. Critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual content: JRH GH VVP ABM.