Report on a large animal study with Göttingen Minipigs where regenerates and controls for articular cartilage were created in a large number. Focus on the conditions of the operated stifle joints and suggestions for standardized procedures

• Markus L. Schwarz ,

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

  * E-mail: Markus.Schwarz@medma.uni-heidelberg.de

  Affiliation Section for experimental Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery Centre (OUZ), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0209-922X

  ⨯
• Gregor Reisig,

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

  Affiliation Section for experimental Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery Centre (OUZ), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

  ⨯
• Andy Schütte,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Section for experimental Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery Centre (OUZ), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

  ⨯
• Kristianna Becker,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Interfaculty Biomedical Facility, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

  ⨯
• Susanne Serba,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Interfaculty Biomedical Facility, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

  ⨯
• Elmar Forsch,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Pain Research, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

  ⨯
• Steffen Thier,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Section for experimental Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery Centre (OUZ), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany, Sportchirurgie Heidelberg, Klonz—Thier–Stock, ATOS Klinik Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

  ⨯
• Stefan Fickert,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Section for experimental Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery Centre (OUZ), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany, Sporthopaedicum Regensburg/Straubing, Straubing, Germany

  ⨯
• Tamara Lenz,

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

  Affiliation Statistical Consulting, Mannheim, Germany

  ⨯
• Christel Weiß,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Statistics, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

  ⨯
• Svetlana Hetjens,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Statistics, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

  ⨯
• Frederic Bludau,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Section for experimental Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery Centre (OUZ), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

  ⨯
• Friederike Bothe,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Centre for Experimental Orthopaedics, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

  ⨯
• Wiltrud Richter,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Centre for Experimental Orthopaedics, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

  ⨯
• Barbara Schneider-Wald

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

  Affiliation Section for experimental Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery Centre (OUZ), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

  ⨯