Dewulf, Maxime http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1945-5481
Kalmar, Alain
Vandenberk, Bert
Muysoms, Filip
Defoort, Barbara
Claeys, Donald
Pletinckx, Pieter
Article History
Received: 12 March 2019
Accepted: 4 June 2019
First Online: 26 June 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Drs. Maxime Dewulf, Bert Vandenberk, Barbara Defoort, Donald Claeys, and Pieter Pletinckx have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose. Dr. Alain Kalmar reports having patents on steerable laparoscopic instruments. Dr. Filip Muysoms reports having received research grants from Medtronic and Dynamesh; received speakers honorarium from Medtronic, Bard-Davol, Dynamesh, and Intuitive Surgical; and received consultancy fees from Medtronic, Intuitive Surgical, and CMR 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. The study protocol was approved by the local ethics committee (ethics committee Maria Middelares, Ghent, Belgium—Reference Number MMS.2018.063) before the start of data collection.
: In this retrospective analysis, all data were gathered and processed in an anonymized manner. In accordance with national regulations and after consultation of the ethics committee, a specific written informed consent for this study was not obtained.