About the Authors

Rebeca Blázquez

Contributed equally to this work with: Rebeca Blázquez, Francisco Miguel Sánchez-Margallo, Javier G. Casado

Affiliation Stem Cell Therapy Unit, Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre, Caceres, Spain

Francisco Miguel Sánchez-Margallo

Contributed equally to this work with: Rebeca Blázquez, Francisco Miguel Sánchez-Margallo, Javier G. Casado

Affiliation Stem Cell Therapy Unit, Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre, Caceres, Spain

Verónica Crisóstomo

Affiliation Endoluminal Therapy and Diagnosis, Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre, Caceres, Spain

Claudia Báez

Affiliation Endoluminal Therapy and Diagnosis, Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre, Caceres, Spain

Juan Maestre

Affiliation Endoluminal Therapy and Diagnosis, Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre, Caceres, Spain

Mónica García-Lindo

Affiliation Anaesthetics Unit, Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre, Caceres, Spain

Alejandra Usón

Affiliation Stem Cell Therapy Unit, Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre, Caceres, Spain

Verónica Álvarez

Affiliation Stem Cell Therapy Unit, Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre, Caceres, Spain

Javier G. Casado

Contributed equally to this work with: Rebeca Blázquez, Francisco Miguel Sánchez-Margallo, Javier G. Casado

jgarcia@ccmijesususon.com

Affiliation Stem Cell Therapy Unit, Minimally Invasive Surgery Centre, Caceres, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RB FMSM JGC. Performed the experiments: RB VA JM AU CB VC MGL JGC. Analyzed the data: VA JM AU RB JGC. Wrote the paper: RB JGC FMSM.