About the Authors

Maya A. Babu

babu.maya@mayo.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Brian V. Nahed

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Robert F. Heary

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB BN RH. Performed the experiments: MB BN RH. Analyzed the data: MB BN RH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB BN RH. Wrote the paper: MB BN RH. Integrally involved in developing the paper, conducting the research, and analyzing the survey: MB BN RH.