Treitl, Karla Maria http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3748-4614
Aigner, Laura Isabel
Gazov, Evgenij
Fischer, Florian
Schinner, Regina
Schmid-Tannwald, Christine
Kirchhoff, Sonja
Scherr, Michael Karl
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Article History
Received: 27 September 2019
Revised: 19 December 2019
Accepted: 21 February 2020
First Online: 31 March 2020
Change Date: 16 July 2021
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:
Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-021-08135-x
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Dr. med. Michael Karl Scherr.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: R. Schinner, Dipl.-Stat. kindly provided statistical advice for this manuscript.Karla Maria Treitl, one of the authors, has significant statistical expertise.
: Written informed consent was not required for this study because the investigated specimens were larynx-hyoid complexes that were extracted during autopsy from forensic cases (dead bodies) that required a post-mortem fine-preparation of the larynx-hyoid complex additional to autopsy in order to confirm or disprove the suspicion of violent neck injuries.
: The study was approved by the institutional ethical review board of the Faculty of Medicine of the LMU Munich (proposal no. 151/08, date of approval: February 12, 2008).
: • Prospective• Cross-sectional study• Performed at one institution