About the Authors

Hagen Andruszkow

handruszkow@ukaachen.de

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Trauma at Aachen University and Harald Tscherne Laboratory, University Hospital Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany

Uwe Schweigkofler

Affiliation Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstraße 430, 60389 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Rolf Lefering

Affiliation Institute for Research in Operative Medicine (IFOM), University of Witten/Herdecke, Ostmerheimer Str. 200, 51109 Cologne, Germany

Magnus Frey

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Trauma at Aachen University and Harald Tscherne Laboratory, University Hospital Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany

Klemens Horst

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Trauma at Aachen University and Harald Tscherne Laboratory, University Hospital Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany

Roman Pfeifer

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Trauma at Aachen University and Harald Tscherne Laboratory, University Hospital Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany

Stefan Kurt Beckers

Affiliation Emergency Medical Service Aachen, Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstraße 30, Germany

Hans-Christoph Pape

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Trauma at Aachen University and Harald Tscherne Laboratory, University Hospital Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany

Frank Hildebrand

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Trauma at Aachen University and Harald Tscherne Laboratory, University Hospital Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HA RL MF US KH RP SKB HCP FH. Performed the experiments: RL MF FH. Analyzed the data: HA RL MF FH. Wrote the paper: HA. Contributed substantially to manuscript revision: all authors. Read and approved the final manuscript for publication: all authors.