Blank, Eva
Grischke, Jasmin
Winkel, Andreas
Eberhard, Joerg
Kommerein, Nadine
Doll, Katharina
Yang, Ines
Stiesch, Meike
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH)
Article History
Received: 23 February 2021
Accepted: 2 June 2021
First Online: 18 June 2021
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the German Animal Welfare Act and with the European Communities Council Directive 2010/63/EU for the protection of animals used for experimental purposes. All experiments were approved by the Local Institutional Animal Care and Research Advisory Committee and permitted by the local authority (Lower Saxony State Office for Consumer Protection, Food Safety, and Animal Welfare Service, permission number 33.12-42502-04-15/1854, file reference AZ 15/1854). This manuscript adheres to the ARRIVE guidelines 2.0 as detailed in “The ARRIVE guidelines 2.0: author checklist—The ARRIVE Essential 10.
: Not applicable.
: We wish to confirm that there are no known conflicts of interest associated with this publication. The company Brasseler GmbH & CO. KG, Lemgo supported the project financially and by providing implant design and production. The funders had no influence on study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Therefore, the authors declare no conflict of interest.