McCarty, Thomas R.
Hathorn, Kelly E.
Creighton, David W.
AlSamman, Mohd Amer
Thompson, Christopher C. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6105-5270
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (T32 DK007533-35)
Article History
Received: 4 July 2020
Accepted: 2 December 2020
First Online: 8 May 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Christopher C. Thompson has the following disclosures: Apollo Endosurgery—Consultant/Research Support (Consulting fees/Institutional Research Grants), Aspire Bariatrics – Research Support (Institutional Research Grant), BlueFlame Healthcare Venture Fund—General Partner, Boston Scientific – Consultant (Consulting fees), Covidien/Medtronic—Consultant (Consulting Fees), EnVision Endoscopy (Board Member), Fractyl – Consultant/Advisory Board Member (Consulting Fees), GI Dynamics – Consultant (Consulting Fees)/Research Support (Institutional Research Grant), GI Windows – Ownership interest, Olympus/Spiration—Consultant (Consulting Fees)/Research Support (Equipment Loans), Spatz – Research Support (Institutional Research Grant), USGI Medical—Consultant (Consulting Fees)/Advisory Board Member (Consulting fees)/Research Support (Research Grant). Thomas R. McCarty, Kelly E. Hathorn, David W. Creighton, Mohd Amer AlSamma,has no conflict of interest.
: All authors approve of final submission.
: Institutional IRB approval and written consent was not required given the design of this systematic review and meta-analysis.