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Wolff, I. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4197-6643
Lebentrau, S.
Miernik, A.
Ecke, T.
Gilfrich, C.
Hoschke, B.
Schostak, M.
May, M.
Article History
Received: 15 March 2018
Accepted: 25 June 2018
First Online: 4 July 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Dr. Miernik discloses the following potential conflicts of interest: patents: 20160067373, 2988681, WO/2014/173467, 20160074561, 2988682, WO/2014/173468, DE 102015003560.6. consultancy: KLS Martin GmbH, DE, ateramedical GmbH, DE, Walter de Gruyter, DE, Roland Berger GmbH, DE, RichardWolf GmbH, DE, Lisa laser OHG, DE, AlphaSights, UK, and Fletcher Spaght Ventures, USA. Research grants: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), DE, German Association of Urology (DGU), DE, and Cook medical Inc., USA travel expenses: European Association of Urology (EAU), NL and German Association of Urology (DGU), DE. All other authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in the study were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.