About the Authors

Ailbhe M. McDermott

Affiliation Discipline of Surgery, School of Medicine, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

Nicola Miller

nicola.miller@nuigalway.ie

Affiliation Discipline of Surgery, School of Medicine, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

Deirdre Wall

Affiliation School of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

Lorcan M. Martyn

Affiliation Discipline of Surgery, School of Medicine, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

Graham Ball

Affiliation School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Karl J. Sweeney

Affiliation Discipline of Surgery, School of Medicine, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

Michael J. Kerin

Affiliation Discipline of Surgery, School of Medicine, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMMD NM KJS MJK. Performed the experiments: AMD LM. Analyzed the data: AMMD DMW GB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NM MJK. Wrote the paper: AMMD NM.