About the Authors

Roman Pfeifer

rpfeifer@ukaachen.de

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Aachen University Medical Center, Aachen, Germany

Michel Teuben

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Aachen University Medical Center, Aachen, Germany

Hagen Andruszkow

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Aachen University Medical Center, Aachen, Germany

Bilal M. Barkatali

Affiliation Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, England, United Kingdom

Hans-Christoph Pape

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Aachen University Medical Center, Aachen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RP HCP. Performed the experiments: RP MT HA. Analyzed the data: RP MT HA HCP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RP MT HA HCP BB. Wrote the paper: RP HCP BB.