About the Authors

Ulrike Ritz

Affiliation BiomaTiCS-Group, University Medical Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Center of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Mainz, Germany

Volker Spies

Affiliation BiomaTiCS-Group, University Medical Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Center of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Mainz, Germany

Isabella Mehling

Affiliation BiomaTiCS-Group, University Medical Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Center of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Mainz, Germany

Dominik Gruszka

Affiliation BiomaTiCS-Group, University Medical Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Center of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Mainz, Germany

Pol Maria Rommens

Affiliation BiomaTiCS-Group, University Medical Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Center of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Mainz, Germany

Alexander Hofmann

hofmann.trauma-surgery@gmx.net

Affiliation BiomaTiCS-Group, University Medical Centre of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Center of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Mainz, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UR VS IM DG AH. Performed the experiments: UR VS. Analyzed the data: UR VS AH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: UR VS IM DG PMR AH. Wrote the paper: UR AH PMR. Acquired participants: AH IM.