Panteleimonitis, Sofoklis http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3610-1201
Popeskou, Sotirios
Aradaib, Mohamed
Harper, Mick
Ahmed, Jamil
Ahmad, Mukhtar
Qureshi, Tahseen
Figueiredo, Nuno
Parvaiz, Amjad
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Portsmouth
Article History
Received: 12 February 2018
Accepted: 8 June 2018
First Online: 20 June 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Mr. Sofoklis Panteleimonitis, Dr. Sotirios Popeskou, Dr. Mohamed Aradaib, Dr. Mick Harper, Mr. Jamil Ahmed, Mr. Mukhtar Ahmad, Prof Tahseen Qureshi and Dr. Nuno Figueiredo have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose. Prof Amjad Parvaiz is a proctor for the EARCS (European Academy of Robotic Colorectal Surgery) which is funded by Intuitive Surgical.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants 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. For this type of study formal consent is not required.
: Informed verbal consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.