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Authors and Affiliations

1. Department of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 12, Pavia, 27100, Italy

   Silvia Pisani & Bice Conti

2. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, 27100, Italy

   Silvia Pisani, Aleksandra Evangelista, Marco Benazzo & Bice Conti

3. Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Pavia, via Ferrata 3, Pavia, 27100, Italy

   Stefania Marconi, Beatrice Rossetti & Ferdinando Auricchio

4. Clinical 3D Lab -3D4Med, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, 27100, Italy

   Stefania Marconi & Ferdinando Auricchio

5. Department of Clinical-Surgical, Diagnostic, And Pediatric Sciences – Integrated Unit Of Experimental Surgery, Advanced Microsurgery, And Regenerative Medicine, University of Pavia, Via Ferrata 9, Pavia, 27100, Italy

   Marco Benazzo

6. Clinical Skills Lab – U.O.C. Presidenza di Medicina – Servizio Medicina e Post-Laurea, University of Pavia, Pavia, 27100, Italy

   Valeria Mauri

7. Department of Chemistry, Physical Chemistry Section, Consorzio per lo Sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase (C.S.G.I.), University of Pavia, Pavia, 27100, Italy

   Giovanna Bruni

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SP conducted the experiments and drafted the manuscript. GB and BR conducted the experiments. BC contributed to the data interpretation and revised the manuscript. AE and VM contributed to the data interpretation. SM and BR analyzed the results. BC, MB, FA contributed to conceptualization, study design, resources, supervision, data analysis and interpretation, draft, and completed manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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