About the Authors

Gilad Horowitz

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

Moran Amit

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel

Oded Ben-Ari

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

Ziv Gil

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel

Abraham Abergel

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

Nevo Margalit

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

Oren Cavel

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

Oshri Wasserzug

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

Dan M. Fliss

danf@tasmc.health.gov.il

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GH MA OBA ZG AA NM OC OW DF. Performed the experiments: GH MA OBA ZG AA NM OC OW DF. Analyzed the data: GH MA OBA ZG AA NM OC OW DF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GH MA OBA ZG AA NM OC OW DF. Wrote the paper: GH MA OBA ZG AA NM OC OW DF.