Table 3 Table of study characteristics including sample size and demographic information of cadaveric material studied (age, sex, side, ethnicity), in descending chronological order list. NS = not stated.

Berhanu et al. (2020)⁷¹

34

67

NS

NS

34:33

Ethiopian

Nielsen et al. 2018⁶⁶

8

15

81–98 years

7:1

NS

NS

Sakamoto et al. 2018⁶⁴

14

14

73.8 years

5:9

0:14

Japanese

Short et al. 2018⁶⁷

13

13

79.3 years

9:4

NS

NS

Nielsen et al. 2017⁶⁸

7

14

NS

4:3

7:7

NS

Turgut et al. 2017⁸⁰

20

40

NS

12:8

20:20

NS

Sakamoto et al. 2014⁶⁵

2

NS

Adult

NS

NS

Japanese

Rohini et al. 2012⁸¹

1

1

Adult

0:1

0:1

NS

Anagnostopoulou et al. 2009⁸²

84

168

72 years

30:54

84:84

NS

Anloague and Hijbregts. 2009⁷⁰

19

38

75.1 years

9:10

19:19

NS

Apaydin et al. 2009⁷³

18

36

NS

8:10

18:18

NS

Locher 2008⁶⁹

10

14

NS

7:3

NS

NS

Kampa et al. 2007⁸³

20

20

81 years

10:10

8:12

NS

Birnbaum et al. 2000⁷⁴

NS

14

78 years

6:8

NS

NS

Tubbs et al. 2003⁸⁴

1

2

71 years

1:0

1:1

Caucasian

Birnbaum et al. 1997⁷⁶

NS

11

NS

NS

NS

NS

Aizawa 1992⁷⁵

137

265

NS

NS

NS

Japanese

Katrisis 1980⁸⁵

500

1000

Adult

158: 342

500:500

NS

Dee 1969⁷⁸

NS

41

NS

NS

NS

NS

Moghaddam 1962⁵⁹

3

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

Poláček 1963⁶⁰

NS

30

Adult and foetus

NS

NS

NS

Woodburne 1960⁸⁶

NS

550

NS

NS

NS

NS

Poláček 1958⁶³

25

30

Adult and foetus

NS

NS

NS

Wertheimer 1952⁷⁷

NS

124

Adult

NS

NS

NS

Gardner et al. 1948⁸⁷

NS

11

NS

NS

NS

NS

Kaiser 1949⁷⁹

NS

24

NS

NS

NS

NS

Poulhés 1949⁵⁸

NS

NS

Adult and new-born

NS

NS

NS

Tavernier and Pellanda 1949⁵⁶

NS

100

NS

NS

NS

NS

Kaplan 1948⁷²

NS

28

NS

NS

NS

NS

Billet et al. 1947⁵⁷

NS

12

NS

NS

NS

NS

Sadovsky 1933⁶²

30

NS

Adult

NS

NS

NS

Jamieson 1903⁸⁸

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

Paterson 1891⁸⁹

20

40

NS

NS

20:20

NS

Chandelux 1886⁵⁵

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

Duzéa 1886⁵⁴

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

Meyer 1857⁶¹

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS