About the Authors

Götz Senska

goetzsenska@arcor.de

Affiliation Hals-, Nasen-, Ohren-Heilkunde, Plastische Operationen, Marienhospital Gelsenkirchen GmbH, Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Hilal Schröder

Affiliation Hals-, Nasen-, Ohren-Heilkunde, Plastische Operationen, Marienhospital Gelsenkirchen GmbH, Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Carolin Pütter

Affiliation Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie Universitätsklinikum Essen, Germany

Philipp Dost

Affiliation Hals-, Nasen-, Ohren-Heilkunde, Plastische Operationen, Marienhospital Gelsenkirchen GmbH, Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GS HS CP PD. Performed the experiments: GS HS. Analyzed the data: GS CP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GS HS CP. Wrote the paper: GS CP.