About the Authors

Benjamin Panzram

Affiliation Clinic of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Ines Bertlich

Affiliation Clinic of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Tobias Reiner

Affiliation Clinic of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Tilman Walker

Affiliation Clinic of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Sébastien Hagmann

Affiliation Clinic of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Marc-André Weber

Affiliation Clinic of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Tobias Gotterbarm

Tobias.Gotterbarm@med.uni-heidelberg.de

Affiliation Clinic of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The following conflicts were disclosed for being a paid consultant for a company or supplier: Zimmer/Biomet, DePuy. The following conflicts were disclose for paid presentations for a company or supplier: Zimmer Biomet, DePuy. The following conflicts were disclosed for research support from a company or supplier as a principal investigator: Zimmer Biomet. We hereby confirm that the stated competing interests do not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: BP TG. Data curation: BP IB. Formal analysis: BP TG IB. Investigation: BP TG IB. Methodology: BP TG. Project administration: BP TG. Supervision: BP TG MAW. Visualization: BP IB. Writing – original draft: BP TG IB TW. Writing – review & editing: BP TG IB TR SH.