About the Authors

Jose Osni Bruggemann Neto

Affiliation Orthopedics and Traumatology Institute (IOT), Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Rafael Lehmkuhl Gesser

Affiliation Orthopedics and Traumatology Institute (IOT), Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Valdir Steglich

Affiliations Orthopedics and Traumatology Institute (IOT), Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, University of Joinville Region (UNIVILLE), Dentistry Department, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Ana Paula Bonilauri Ferreira

Affiliations University of Joinville Region (UNIVILLE), Dentistry Department, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, Research on Research Group, Duke University Health System, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Mihir Gandhi

Affiliations Research on Research Group, Duke University Health System, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore, Singapore

João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci

Affiliations Research on Research Group, Duke University Health System, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Faculdade Inga, Medicine Department, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

Ricardo Pietrobon

rpietro@duke.edu

Affiliations Research on Research Group, Duke University Health System, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Surgery, Duke University Health System, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JBN RG VS APBF JRNV RP. Performed the experiments: JBN RG. Analyzed the data: JRNV MG RP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: APBF JRNV MG RP. Wrote the paper: JBN RG VS APBF JRNV RP.