Di Pardo, Benjamin J.
Bronson, Nathan W.
Diggs, Brian S.
Thomas, Charles R. Jr.
Hunter, John G.
Dolan, James P.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). (UL1TR000128)
Article History
First Online: 2 December 2015
Compliance with ethical standards
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: One of the authors of this manuscript is the Editor in Chief of the World Journal of Surgery. To avoid privileged treatment of this manuscript during peer review, Dr Hunter’s name was not included as an author during the review process. His contributions were only revealed after this manuscript was finally accepted, nearly 18 months after initial submission and many revisions.