Demetz, Matthias
Abramovic, Anto
Krigers, Aleksandrs
Bauer, Marlies
Lener, Sara
Pinggera, Daniel
Kerschbaumer, Johannes
Hartmann, Sebastian
Fritsch, Helga
Thomé, Claudius
Freyschlag, Christian F.
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Innsbruck and Medical University of Innsbruck
Article History
Received: 13 April 2023
Accepted: 10 December 2023
First Online: 10 January 2024
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
: Individuals in Austria can donate their bodies to scientific institutions for research and educational purposes through a specific legacy, which requires written informed consent before death. Approval by the ethics committee is not necessary as long as the donors have given their informed consent. This was the case for body donors used by the Institute of Clinical and Functional Anatomy of the Medical University of Innsbruck according to the Tyrolean Sanitary Law §§28–32.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.