McCool, Logan
Guo, Danqing
Guo, Danzhu
Harrison, Richard
Tonkin, Brionn
Senk, Alexander
Kliot, Michel
Article History
Received: 13 June 2019
Accepted: 25 June 2019
First Online: 4 July 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: DG and DG reported that their brother JG is the inventor and patent holder of the transecting thread used in this study. All other authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest (such as honoraria; educational grants; participation in speakers’ bureaus; membership, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, or other equity interest; and expert testimony or patent-licensing arrangements), or non-financial interest (such as personal or professional relationships, affiliations, knowledge, or beliefs) in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee (University of Minnesota/Anatomy Bequest Program) and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: The sponsors of this study had no role in the design or conduct of this research.