About the Authors

Christine Radtke

radtke.christine@mh-hannover.de

Affiliation Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Christina Allmeling

Affiliation Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Karl-Heinz Waldmann

Affiliation Clinic for Pigs, Small Ruminants, Forensic Medicine and Ambulatory Service, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Kerstin Reimers

Affiliation Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Kerstin Thies

Affiliation Clinic for Pigs, Small Ruminants, Forensic Medicine and Ambulatory Service, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Henning C. Schenk

Affiliation Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover, Hannover, Germany

Anja Hillmer

Affiliation Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Merlin Guggenheim

Affiliation Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Gudrun Brandes

Affiliation Institute of Cell Biology in the Center of Anatomy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Peter M. Vogt

Affiliation Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CR CA K-HW KR KT HCS AH MG PMV. Performed the experiments: CR CA KT HCS MG GB. Analyzed the data: K-HW PMV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CA AH. Wrote the paper: CR CA K-HW KR KT HCS AH MG GB PMV.