About the Authors
- Tatjana Perisic
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Contributed equally to this work with: Tatjana Perisic, Ziyang Zhang
Affiliation Experimental Plastic Surgery, Department for Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
- Ziyang Zhang
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Contributed equally to this work with: Tatjana Perisic, Ziyang Zhang
Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
- Peter Foehr
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Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics and Sportsorthopaedics, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
- Ursula Hopfner
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Affiliation Experimental Plastic Surgery, Department for Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
- Kathrin Klutz
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Affiliation Experimental Plastic Surgery, Department for Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
- Rainer H. Burgkart
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Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics and Sportsorthopaedics, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
- Alexei Slobodianski
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Affiliation Experimental Plastic Surgery, Department for Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
- Moritz Goeldner
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Current address: Institute for Technology and Innovation Management, Hamburg University of Technology, Hamburg, Germany
Affiliation Johnson & Johnson MEDICAL GmbH, Norderstedt, Germany
- Hans-Günther Machens
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Affiliation Experimental Plastic Surgery, Department for Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
- Arndt F. Schilling
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* E-mail: arndt.schilling@med.uni-goettingen.de
Affiliations Experimental Plastic Surgery, Department for Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany, Klinik für Unfallchirurgie, Orthopädie und Plastische Chirurgie, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Competing Interests
This study was partly supported by an unrestricted the grant of Johnson & Johnson Medical GmbH, Norderstedt, Germany, the employer of Moritz Goeldner. Johnson & Johnson Medical GmbH also provided the testing materials (Vicryl & Ethisorb). There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: AFS TP ZZ RHB MG. Data curation: TP ZZ PF. Formal analysis: TP UH ZZ PF. Funding acquisition: AFS ZZ HGM MG. Investigation: TP ZZ UH PF AS. Methodology: TP ZZ UH KK AS. Project administration: AFS. Resources: AFS MG. Software: ZZ TP. Supervision: AFS. Validation: AFS. Visualization: ZZ TP UH KK. Writing – original draft: ZZ TP. Writing – review & editing: AFS ZZ.