Reply to A. Saraswathula et al and Z.V. Fong et al

Philip Baum¹, Jacopo Lenzi¹, Samantha Taber¹+2

• ¹Philip Baum, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Thoraxklinik at Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany; Jacopo Lenzi, PhD, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Samantha Taber, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Heckeshorn Lung Clinic, HELIOS Klinikum Emil von Behring, Berlin, Germany; Hauke Winter, MD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Thoraxklinik at Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany; and Armin Wiegering, MD, Department of General, Visceral, Transplant, Vascular and Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany, Comprehensive Cancer Center Mainfranken, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany, Theodor Boveri Institute, Biocenter, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany.