Elisabeth M. Sporer:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8443-8445
Role: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: VisualizationRole:
Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Christoph Schilling: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review
& editing
Robert J. Tait: Role: ConceptualizationRole: InvestigationRole: Writing – review & editing
Alexander Giurea: Role: ConceptualizationRole: ResourcesRole: Writing – review & editing
Thomas M. Grupp: Role: ConceptualizationRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole:
SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Pawel Klosowski: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS One
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Title:
PLOS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
13
June
2024
Publication date Collection: 2024
Volume: 19
Issue: 6
Electronic Location Identifier: e0305387
Affiliations
[1
]
Aesculap AG, Research & Development, Tuttlingen, Germany
[2
]
Medical Department, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
[3
]
Orthopaedic Institute of Henderson, Henderson, Nevada, United States of America
[4
]
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
[5
]
Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Musculoskeletal University Center Munich
(MUM), Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
Gdańsk University of Technology: Politechnika Gdanska, POLAND
Author notes
Competing Interests: I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following
competing interests: Three of the authors (EMS, CS, TMG) are employees of Aesculap
AG, a manufacturer of orthopedic implants. RT and AG are paid consultants for Aesculap
AG. AG is receiving royalties from Aesculap AG and is an unpaid consultant for DePuy
Synthes. He is member of the Austrian Orthopaedic Society and of ”AE – Arbeitsgemeinschaft
Endoprothetik”. RT is receiving royalties from Conformis and is a paid consultant
for this company. RT has stock or stock options in OnPoint Surgical and receives support
from Conformis and ZimmerBiomet as Principal Investigator. TMG is scientific member
of the working group „Evaluations & Studies“ of the German National Joint Registry
„Endoprothesenregister Deutschland“ (EPRD), Advisory Board Member of the EU Consortium
SPINNER “Next generation of repair materials & techniques for spine surgery” and Chair
of working group I “Introduction of Innovations” of the ”European Federation of National
Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology” (EFORT) “Implant & Patient Safety Initiative”.
This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
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Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-23-39275
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0305387
PMC ID: 11175519
PubMed ID: 38870168
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