Kram, Leonie
Schroeder, Axel
Meyer, Bernhard
Krieg, Sandro M.
Ille, Sebastian
Funding for this research was provided by:
Wilhelm-Tönnis-Foundation, German Society of Neurosurgery
Technische Universität München
Article History
Received: 17 September 2023
Accepted: 5 March 2024
First Online: 10 April 2024
Declarations
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: This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. This trial was funded entirely by institutional grants from the Department of Neurosurgery, Technical University of Munich, Germany, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar. BM received honoraria, consulting fees, and research grants from Medtronic (Meerbusch, Germany), Icotec AG (Altstätten, Switzerland), Nexstim Plc (Helsinki, Finland), and Relievant Medsystems Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA, USA), honoraria, and research grants from Ulrich Medical (Ulm, Germany), honoraria and consulting fees from Spineart Deutschland GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany) and DePuy Synthes (West Chester, PA, USA), and royalties from Spineart Deutschland GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany). SMK is consultant for Ulrich Medical (Ulm, Germany), and Need Inc. (Santa Monica, CA, USA), and received honoraria from Nexstim Plc (Helsinki, Finland), Spineart Deutschland GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany), Medtronic (Meerbusch, Germany) and Carl Zeiss Meditec (Oberkochen, Germany). SMK and BM received research grants and are consultants for Brainlab AG (Munich, Germany). SI is consultant for Brainlab AG (Munich, Germany) and received honoraria and consulting fees from Icotec AG (Altstätten, Switzerland), Carl Zeiss Meditec (Oberkochen, Germany), and Nexstim Plc (Helsinki, Finland). All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest regarding the materials used as well as the results presented in this study. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; or in the decision to publish the results.
: The study was conducted in line with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Technical University of Munich (reference number: 192/18S, date of approval: 09/20/2018).
: Informed consent for inclusion was obtained from all subjects before they participated in the study.