About the Authors

K. Horst

khorst@ukaachen.de

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

D. Eschbach

Affiliation Department of Hand, Traumatology and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany

R. Pfeifer

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

B. Relja

Affiliation Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Germany

M. Sassen

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany

T. Steinfeldt

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany

H. Wulf

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany

N. Vogt

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Giessen, Giessen, Germany

M. Frink

Affiliation Department of Hand, Traumatology and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany

S. Ruchholtz

Affiliation Department of Hand, Traumatology and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany

H. C. Pape

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

F. Hildebrand

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Trauma and Harald Tscherne Research 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: KH DE FH. Performed the experiments: KH DE RP MS NV MF TS. Analyzed the data: KH RP BR DE FH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS HW MF BR SR HCP. Wrote the paper: KH FH.