About the Authors

Anna Duprée

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft

adupree@uke.de

Affiliation Department General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Henrik C. Rieß

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Vascular Medicine, University Heart Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Philipp H. von Kroge

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Jakob R. Izbicki

Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Eike S. Debus

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources

Affiliation Department of Vascular Medicine, University Heart Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Oliver Mann

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Department General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Hans O. Pinnschmidt

Roles Data curation, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Detlef Russ

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization

Affiliation Department for the Development of Applications, Institute for Laser Technology, University Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Christian Detter

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Sabine H. Wipper

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Vascular Medicine, University Heart Center, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Competing Interests

This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. Cost of animals and equipment were covered by a department internal fund, staple devices were provided by Medtronic GmbH Germany. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.