Can UVA-light-activated riboflavin-induced collagen crosslinking be transferred from ophthalmology to spine surgery? A feasibility study on bovine intervertebral disc

• Ioannis Vasilikos ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ioannis Vasilikos, Graciosa Q. Teixeira

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

  * E-mail: ioannisvasilikos@icloud.com

  Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center—University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Laboratory of Experimental Neurosurgery (LENS), Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5820-1110

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• Graciosa Q. Teixeira ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ioannis Vasilikos, Graciosa Q. Teixeira

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

  Affiliation Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Trauma Research Center, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4206-6326

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• Andreas Seitz,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Trauma Research Center, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

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• Julia Nothelfer,

  Roles Data curation, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Trauma Research Center, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

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• Julian Haas,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

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• Hans-Joachim Wilke,

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

  Affiliation Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Trauma Research Center, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

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• Boris Mizaikoff,

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

  Affiliation Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

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• Jürgen Beck,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center—University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Laboratory of Experimental Neurosurgery (LENS), Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

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• Ulrich Hubbe,

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

  Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center—University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Laboratory of Experimental Neurosurgery (LENS), Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

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• Cornelia Neidlinger-Wilke

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

  Affiliation Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Trauma Research Center, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

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