About the Authors

Arno Kornberg

ArnoKornberg@aol.com

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University, Munich, Germany

Ulrike Witt

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University, Munich, Germany

Edouard Matevossian

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University, Munich, Germany

Bernadett Küpper

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Klinikum Bad Berka, Bad Berka, Germany

Volker Aßfalg

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University, Munich, Germany

Alexander Drzezga

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University, Munich, Germany

Norbert Hüser

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University, Munich, Germany

Moritz Wildgruber

Affiliation Institute of Interventional Radiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University, Munich, Germany

Helmut Friess

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University, Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK BK. Performed the experiments: AK BK AD MW HF. Analyzed the data: AK BK EM NH VA HF UW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AK UW AD MW. Wrote the paper: AK.