About the Authors

Stefanie Haegele

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital, Vienna, Austria

Silvia Reiter

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital, Vienna, Austria

David Wanek

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital, Vienna, Austria

Florian Offensperger

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital, Vienna, Austria

David Pereyra

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital, Vienna, Austria

Stefan Stremitzer

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital, Vienna, Austria

Edith Fleischmann

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital, Vienna, Austria

Christine Brostjan

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital, Vienna, Austria

Thomas Gruenberger

tgruenberger@icloud.com (TG); patrick.starlinger@meduniwien.ac.at (PS)

Affiliation Department of Surgery I, Rudolfstiftung Hospital, Vienna, Austria

Patrick Starlinger

tgruenberger@icloud.com (TG); patrick.starlinger@meduniwien.ac.at (PS)

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: SH SR DW FO DP SS EF CB TG PS. Formal analysis: SH CB PS. Investigation: SH SR DW FO DP. Methodology: PS CB TG. Project administration: SH SR DW FO DP SS EF CB TG PS. Resources: EF CB TG PS. Supervision: PS TG CB. Validation: PS CB TG. Visualization: SH PS. Writing – original draft: SH SR DW FO DP SS EF CB TG PS. Writing – review & editing: SH CB TG PS.