About the Authors

Jan-Hendrik Gosemann

gosemann.jan@mh-hannover.de

Affiliation Center of Pediatric Surgery Hannover, Hannover Medical School and Bult Children's Hospital, Hannover, Germany

Joachim F. Kuebler

Affiliation Center of Pediatric Surgery Hannover, Hannover Medical School and Bult Children's Hospital, Hannover, Germany

Michela Pozzobon

Affiliation Stem Cell Processing Laboratory, Clinic of Pediatric Oncohematology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Claudia Neunaber

Affiliation Trauma Department, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Julia H. K. Hensel

Affiliation Center of Pediatric Surgery Hannover, Hannover Medical School and Bult Children's Hospital, Hannover, Germany

Marco Ghionzoli

Affiliation Surgery Unit, UCL Institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Paolo de Coppi

Affiliation Surgery Unit, UCL Institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Benno M. Ure

Affiliation Center of Pediatric Surgery Hannover, Hannover Medical School and Bult Children's Hospital, Hannover, Germany

Gesine Holze

Affiliation Center of Pediatric Surgery Hannover, Hannover Medical School and Bult Children's Hospital, Hannover, Germany

Competing Interests

This study was financially supported by the “TUI Stiftung,” Hannover. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JHG JFK PC BMU GH. Performed the experiments: JHG MG PDC CN JHKH GH MP. Analyzed the data: JHG JFK JHKH GH MP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHG JFK MG PDC CN JHKH BMU GH MP. Wrote the paper: JHG JFK GH.