About the Authors

André L. Mihaljevic

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Strasse 22, 81675 Munich, Germany

Tara C. Müller

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Strasse 22, 81675 Munich, Germany

Victoria Kehl

Affiliation Institute for Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Strasse 22, 81675 Munich, Germany

Helmut Friess

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Strasse 22, 81675 Munich, Germany

Jörg Kleeff

joerg.kleeff@tum.de

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ismaninger Strasse 22, 81675 Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ALM TCM JK. Performed the experiments: ALM TCM VK JK. Analyzed the data: ALM TCM VK HF JK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ALM VK. Wrote the paper: ALM TCM VK HF JK.