About the Authors

Dietrich A. Ruess

dietrich.ruess@uniklinik-freiburg.de

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Moriz Probst

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Goran Marjanovic

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Uwe A. Wittel

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Ulrich T. Hopt

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Tobias Keck

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Dirk Bausch

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: DB DAR. Formal analysis: DAR. Investigation: DAR MP. Methodology: DB DAR. Project administration: DB. Resources: UTH. Supervision: UTH TK. Validation: GM UAW UTH TK. Visualization: DAR. Writing - original draft: DAR.