Manisha S More¹, Manoj D Togale^2*, Shilpa Bhimalli³

¹Associate Professor,³Professor and Head, Department of Anatomy, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, KLE Deemed to be University, Belagavi, Karnataka, INDIA.

²Associate Professor, Department of Surgery Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and KLES Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital, KLE Deemed to be University Belagavi, Karnataka, INDIA.

Email: zapmanojtogale@yahoo.com , manishamtogale@yahoo.co.in

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