Konschake, M. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9706-7396
Zwierzina, M.
Moriggl, B.
Függer, R.
Mayer, F.
Brunner, W.
Schmid, T.
Chen, D. C.
Fortelny, R.
Article History
Received: 8 July 2019
Accepted: 11 October 2019
First Online: 27 November 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: All authors declare no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institute and regional research committee and with the 1694 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The bodies were donated to the Institute of Clinical and Functional Anatomy of the Medical University of Innsbruck. All donors had given their written informed consent for their use for scientific and educational purposes prior to death. According to Austrian National Law, scientific institutions (in general Institutes, Departments or Divisions of Medical Universities) are entitled to receive the body after death mainly by means of a specific legacy, which is a special form of last will and testament. No bequests are accepted without the donor having registered their legacy and been given appropriate information, before they make a decision based upon written informed consent (policy of ethics); therefore, an ethics committee approval is not necessary.
: This article does not contain any study with animals performed by any of the authors.
: All donors had given their written informed consent for their use for scientific and educational purposes prior to death. According to Austrian National Law, scientific institutions (in general Institutes, Departments or Divisions of Medical Universities) are entitled to receive the body after death mainly by means of a specific legacy, which is a special form of last will and testament. No bequests are accepted without the donor having registered their legacy and been given appropriate information, before they make a decision based upon written informed consent (policy of ethics).