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The CONTINT study group included the following trial centers: Klinikum Augsburg (M. Anthuber, R. Stiegeler); St.-Josefs-Hospital Dortmund (J. Stern, E. Stein, A. Rönsch); St. Augustinus Krankenhaus Düren (C. Rudroff, S. Hilswicht); Westküstenklinikum Brunsbüttel u. Heide (F. Kallinowski, T. Eibisch); University Hospital Heidelberg (C. Seiler, N. Rahbari, P. Knebel); St. Bonifatius Hospital Lingen (C. Seidlmayer); University Hospital Marburg (D. Bartsch, A. Franck, R. Ramerth); CHIR-Net Munich (Surgical Regional Center Munich of the Trial Network of the German Surgical Society, DGCH) at the Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universtität München, Munich, Germany (H. Friess, C. Schuhmacher, Andre L. Mihaljevic; U. Böcher) and at Klinikum Freising (F. Zeller, C. Ruf). CHIR-Net Munich is funded by the BMBF (01GH1001C); Krankenhaus Sinsheim (Th. Simon, Th. Löffler) Bethesda-Krankenhaus Stuttgart (B. Kraft, H. Demirdelen).