About the Authors
- Volker J. Schmidt
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Contributed equally to this work with: Volker J. Schmidt, Johannes G. Hilgert
* E-mail: schmidtvolker@gmx.net
Affiliations Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, Department of Hand-, Plastic- and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Unfallklinik Ludwigshafen, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Johannes G. Hilgert
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Contributed equally to this work with: Volker J. Schmidt, Johannes G. Hilgert
Affiliation Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
- Jennifer M. Covi
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Affiliation Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
- Christian Weis
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Affiliation Department of Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
- Johanna O. Wietbrock
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Affiliation Department of Hand-, Plastic- and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Unfallklinik Ludwigshafen, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Cor de Wit
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Affiliation Department of Physiology, Universität zu Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
- Raymund E. Horch
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Affiliation Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
- Ulrich Kneser
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Affiliations Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, Department of Hand-, Plastic- and Reconstructive Surgery, BG Unfallklinik Ludwigshafen, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: VJS UK JGH REH. Performed the experiments: VJS JGH JMC CW JOW. Analyzed the data: VJS JGH JMC CW REH UK JOW. Wrote the paper: VJS CdW.