Korkmaz, Fulya Temizsoy https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7048-036X
Coşkun, Osman https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0337-4927
Gürses, İlke Ali https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9188-4662
Gayretli, Özcan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7958-3170
Özdemir, Sevim https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4270-6370
Öztürk, Adnan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5819-0543
Kale, Ayşin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2305-420X
Article History
Received: 11 September 2025
Revised: 12 September 2025
Accepted: 14 October 2025
First Online: 27 October 2025
Declarations
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: The authors have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.
: This study—comprising both cadaveric dissection and retrospective CT angiography (CTA) analysis—was approved by the Ethics Committee of Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine (approval number 188035, dated September 30, 2020). All procedures were conducted in accordance with applicable national regulations and institutional policies; the retrospective CTA analysis complied with the Declaration of Helsinki and relevant data-protection regulations.
: Not applicable.
: For the retrospective CTA cohort, the requirement for informed consent was waived by the Ethics Committee of Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine (approval number 188035, dated September 30, 2020). Cadaveric material was obtained through the institutional body donation program with written pre-mortem consent of donors (or next-of-kin consent where applicable).
: Not applicable. This study does not include any identifiable personal data or images of individual participants.