About the Authors

Donald E. Kimbler

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Jessica Shields

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Nathan Yanasak

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

John R. Vender

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Krishnan M. Dhandapani

kdhandapani@georgiahealth.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

Co-author Krishnan M. Dhandapani serves as a PLoS ONE Editorial Board member. This relationship does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DEK KMD. Performed the experiments: DEK JS NY. Analyzed the data: DEK JS NY JRV KMD. Wrote the paper: DEK KMD.