About the Authors
- Steffi Mayer
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Affiliations Center for Surgical Technologies and Organ Systems Cluster, Department of Development and Regeneration, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Herbert Decaluwe
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Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Michele Ruol
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Affiliations Center for Surgical Technologies and Organ Systems Cluster, Department of Development and Regeneration, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital Padua, Padua, Italy
- Stefano Manodoro
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Affiliations Center for Surgical Technologies and Organ Systems Cluster, Department of Development and Regeneration, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Monza, Monza, Italy
- Manuel Kramer
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Affiliation Department of Radiology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
- Holger Till
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Affiliation Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Jan Deprest
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* E-mail: jan.deprest@uzleuven.be
Affiliations Center for Surgical Technologies and Organ Systems Cluster, Department of Development and Regeneration, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Competing Interests
None of the authors declare any conflict of interest towards the manufacturers of the products tested in this experiment. Matricel donated the investigational matrices but did not have any influence on the design or the reporting of this study. This did not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: S. Mayer HD JD. Performed the experiments: S. Mayer S. Manodoro HD MR. Analyzed the data: S. Mayer S. Manodoro MK MR JD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HD JD. Wrote the paper: S. Mayer MR S. Manodoro MK JD HT HD. Revised the final manuscript: S. Mayer HD HT JD.