About the Authors

Jennifer Straatman

Contributed equally to this work with: Jennifer Straatman, Annelieke M. K. Harmsen

je.straatman@vumc.nl

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Annelieke M. K. Harmsen

Contributed equally to this work with: Jennifer Straatman, Annelieke M. K. Harmsen

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Miguel A. Cuesta

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Johannes Berkhof

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Elise P. Jansma

Affiliation Medical Library, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Donald L. van der Peet

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JS AMKH DLP MAC. Performed the experiments: EPJ JS AMKH. Analyzed the data: JB JS AMKH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB. Wrote the paper: JS AMKH DLP MAC.