About the Authors
- Marcel Dreischarf
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* E-mail: dreischarf@julius-wolff-institut.de
Affiliation Julius Wolff Institute, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Laia Albiol
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Affiliation Julius Wolff Institute, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Antonius Rohlmann
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Affiliation Julius Wolff Institute, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Esther Pries
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Affiliation Julius Wolff Institute, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Maxim Bashkuev
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Affiliation Julius Wolff Institute, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Thomas Zander
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Affiliation Julius Wolff Institute, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Georg Duda
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Affiliation Julius Wolff Institute, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Claudia Druschel
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Affiliation Centrum für Muskuloskeletale Chirurgie, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Patrick Strube
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Affiliation Centrum für Muskuloskeletale Chirurgie, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Michael Putzier
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Affiliation Centrum für Muskuloskeletale Chirurgie, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Hendrik Schmidt
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Affiliation Julius Wolff Institute, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Competing Interests
Except of Antonius Rohlmann and Esther Pries, all authors of this manuscript have no conflict of interest. None of them have any relationships to products or companies mentioned in or related to the subject matter of the article being submitted. None of the authors have any pertinent financial relationships, such as consultancies, stock ownership or other equity interests or patent-licensing arrangements for any product or process mentioned in the submission. Only Antonius Rohlmann was a consultant of the Epionics Medical GmbH and Esther Pries is a scientific adviser of the Epionics Medical GmbH. However, this does not influence the results of the present study and does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MD AR HS. Performed the experiments: MD LA AR HS. Analyzed the data: MD LA AR EP MB TZ GD CD PS MP HS. Wrote the paper: MD LA AR EP MB TZ GD CD PS MP HS.