About the Authors

Stefan Döbele

sdoebele@bgu-tuebingen.de

Affiliation BG Trauma Center, Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen, Tübingen, Germany

Michael Gardner

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Steffen Schröter

Affiliation BG Trauma Center, Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen, Tübingen, Germany

Dankward Höntzsch

Affiliation BG Trauma Center, Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen, Tübingen, Germany

Ulrich Stöckle

Affiliation BG Trauma Center, Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen, Tübingen, Germany

Thomas Freude

Affiliation BG Trauma Center, Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen, Tübingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SD US. Performed the experiments: SD. Analyzed the data: SD MG SS DH US TF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SD MG SS DH US TF. Wrote the paper: SD MG TF.