Feasibility of the annulus fibrosus repair with in situ gelating hydrogels – A biomechanical study

• Anne-Gita Scheibler ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Anne-Gita Scheibler, Tobias Götschi

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

  Affiliations Department of Orthopedics, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0155-6468

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• Tobias Götschi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Anne-Gita Scheibler, Tobias Götschi

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

  Affiliations Department of Orthopedics, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Jonas Widmer,

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

  Affiliations Department of Orthopedics, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Claude Holenstein,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Orthopedics, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Thomas Steffen,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Musculoskeletal Research Unit (MSRU), Center for Applied Biotechnology & Molecular Medicine (CABMM), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Roland S. Camenzind,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9096-2910

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• Jess G. Snedeker,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Orthopedics, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland, Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Mazda Farshad

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mazda.farshad@balgrist.ch

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

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