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Article History

Received: 22 January 2018

Accepted: 20 September 2018

First Online: 26 September 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Study design and disposal of left over human fat tissue was approved by ethics committee of medical association of Westphalian-Lippe and the University of Muenster (approval from: 23.08.2011). The ethics committee had no ethical or juridical doubts about the use of left over human fat tissue. Fat tissue was obtained after consent to participate under sterile conditions by the General and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital, Muenster (Germany).

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