About the Authors

Rajan Sundaresan Vediappan

Contributed equally to this work with: Rajan Sundaresan Vediappan, Catherine Bennett, Clare Cooksley, John Finnie, Markus Trochsler, Ahmed Bassiouni, Stephen Moratti, Alkis J. Psaltis, Guy Maddern, Sarah Vreugde, P. J. Wormald

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery—Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

Catherine Bennett

Contributed equally to this work with: Rajan Sundaresan Vediappan, Catherine Bennett, Clare Cooksley, John Finnie, Markus Trochsler, Ahmed Bassiouni, Stephen Moratti, Alkis J. Psaltis, Guy Maddern, Sarah Vreugde, P. J. Wormald

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery—Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

Clare Cooksley

Contributed equally to this work with: Rajan Sundaresan Vediappan, Catherine Bennett, Clare Cooksley, John Finnie, Markus Trochsler, Ahmed Bassiouni, Stephen Moratti, Alkis J. Psaltis, Guy Maddern, Sarah Vreugde, P. J. Wormald

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery—Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

John Finnie

Contributed equally to this work with: Rajan Sundaresan Vediappan, Catherine Bennett, Clare Cooksley, John Finnie, Markus Trochsler, Ahmed Bassiouni, Stephen Moratti, Alkis J. Psaltis, Guy Maddern, Sarah Vreugde, P. J. Wormald

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

Affiliation SA Pathology and Adelaide Medical School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

Markus Trochsler

Contributed equally to this work with: Rajan Sundaresan Vediappan, Catherine Bennett, Clare Cooksley, John Finnie, Markus Trochsler, Ahmed Bassiouni, Stephen Moratti, Alkis J. Psaltis, Guy Maddern, Sarah Vreugde, P. J. Wormald

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

Ryan D. Quarrington

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Adelaide Spinal Research Group, Centre for Orthopaedic and Trauma Research, Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

Claire F. Jones

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Adelaide Spinal Research Group, Centre for Orthopaedic and Trauma Research, Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

Ahmed Bassiouni

Contributed equally to this work with: Rajan Sundaresan Vediappan, Catherine Bennett, Clare Cooksley, John Finnie, Markus Trochsler, Ahmed Bassiouni, Stephen Moratti, Alkis J. Psaltis, Guy Maddern, Sarah Vreugde, P. J. Wormald

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery—Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

Stephen Moratti

Contributed equally to this work with: Rajan Sundaresan Vediappan, Catherine Bennett, Clare Cooksley, John Finnie, Markus Trochsler, Ahmed Bassiouni, Stephen Moratti, Alkis J. Psaltis, Guy Maddern, Sarah Vreugde, P. J. Wormald

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

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand

Alkis J. Psaltis

Contributed equally to this work with: Rajan Sundaresan Vediappan, Catherine Bennett, Clare Cooksley, John Finnie, Markus Trochsler, Ahmed Bassiouni, Stephen Moratti, Alkis J. Psaltis, Guy Maddern, Sarah Vreugde, P. J. Wormald

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery—Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

Guy Maddern

Contributed equally to this work with: Rajan Sundaresan Vediappan, Catherine Bennett, Clare Cooksley, John Finnie, Markus Trochsler, Ahmed Bassiouni, Stephen Moratti, Alkis J. Psaltis, Guy Maddern, Sarah Vreugde, P. J. Wormald

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

Sarah Vreugde

Contributed equally to this work with: Rajan Sundaresan Vediappan, Catherine Bennett, Clare Cooksley, John Finnie, Markus Trochsler, Ahmed Bassiouni, Stephen Moratti, Alkis J. Psaltis, Guy Maddern, Sarah Vreugde, P. J. Wormald

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

Affiliation Department of Surgery—Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

P. J. Wormald

Contributed equally to this work with: Rajan Sundaresan Vediappan, Catherine Bennett, Clare Cooksley, John Finnie, Markus Trochsler, Ahmed Bassiouni, Stephen Moratti, Alkis J. Psaltis, Guy Maddern, Sarah Vreugde, P. J. Wormald

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

peterj.wormald@adelaide.edu.au

Affiliation Department of Surgery—Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

Competing Interests

PJW and SV are inventors on intellectual property concerning Gallium Protoporphyrin and Deferiprone for use in the prevention of scarring; PJW and SM are shareholders in Chitogel. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.