Scheele, Christian B.
Müller, Peter E.
Schröder, Christian
Grupp, Thomas
Jansson, Volkmar
Pietschmann, Matthias F.
Article History
Received: 9 June 2018
Accepted: 15 January 2019
First Online: 21 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study concept was presented to the local ethics committee (‘Ethikkommission’ of the Faculty of Medicine at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich; Chairman: Prof. Dr. W. Eisenmenger) and received approval. This approval included consent to the use of human tissue (cadaver legs). Human tissue involved in this study was obtained from the Department of Pathology of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich. Written informed consent to the use of cadaver tissue for scientific purposes was obtained from the relatives of the donors. No tissue was obtained from prisoners.
: Not applicable.The presented manuscript does not include any details, images, or videos relating to an individual person. Specimen pictured are entirely unidentifiable and there are no details on individuals reported within the manuscript.
: One authors (TMG) is an employee of Aesculap, Tuttlingen, a manufacturer of orthopaedic implants. Two of the authors (VJ, PEM) are advising surgeons of Aesculap R&D projects.Two of the authors (MFP; CS) are getting research funding in correlation with Aesculap R&D projects.
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