About the Authors

Hamdy Awad

Affiliation Comprehensive Wound Center and Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Department of Anesthesiology, Wexner Medical Center at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Motaz Abas

Affiliation Comprehensive Wound Center and Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Department of Anesthesiology, Wexner Medical Center at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Haytham Elgharably

Affiliation Comprehensive Wound Center and Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Department of Surgery, Wexner Medical Center at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Ravi Tripathi

Affiliation Comprehensive Wound Center and Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Department of Anesthesiology, Wexner Medical Center at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Tykie Theofilos

Affiliation Comprehensive Wound Center and Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Department of Anesthesiology, Wexner Medical Center at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Sujatha Bhandary

Affiliation Comprehensive Wound Center and Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Department of Anesthesiology, Wexner Medical Center at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Chittoor Sai-Sudhakar

Affiliation Comprehensive Wound Center and Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Department of Surgery, Wexner Medical Center at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Chandan K. Sen

Affiliation Comprehensive Wound Center and Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Department of Surgery, Wexner Medical Center at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Sashwati Roy

sashwati.roy@osumc.edu

Affiliation Comprehensive Wound Center and Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Department of Surgery, Wexner Medical Center at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SR CKS HA HE MA SB. Performed the experiments: MA HA RT TT. Analyzed the data: SR HA HE MA TT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CKS SR HA HE MA SB CSS. Wrote the paper: SR MA HA HE CKS.