Herrmann, Lara https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5191-1695
Kulow, Charlotte https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6205-4616
Hepp, Pierre https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6510-2943
Steinke, Hanno https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7117-9330
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universität Leipzig
Article History
Received: 28 April 2026
Accepted: 8 July 2026
First Online: 28 July 2026
Declarations
Conflict of interest: The authors have no conflict of interests as defined by Springer, or other interests that might be perceived to influence the results and/or discussion reported in this paper.
Ethical approval: We certify that the study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Ethics approval is given under “Ethics application for Anatomy 129-21-ek” from the Medical Faculty Ethics commission, Medical Faculty, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Consent to participate: The study protocol was accepted by the Institut für Anatomie, Universität Leipzig, Germany. Informed consents were obtained from all body donors before death, according to German ethical standards and Saxonian 271 Death and Funeral Act of 1994. The cadavers were the property of the Institut für Anatomie, Universität Leipzig, Germany.
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