Schmidt, Mona W.
Haney, Caelan M.
Kowalewski, Karl-Friedrich
Bintintan, Vasile V.
Abu Hilal, Mohammed
Arezzo, Alberto
Bahra, Marcus
Besselink, Marc G.
Biebl, Matthias
Boni, Luigi
Diana, Michele
Egberts, Jan H.
Fischer, Lars
Francis, Nader
Hashimoto, Daniel A.
Perez, Daniel
Schijven, Marlies
Schmelzle, Moritz
Soltes, Marek
Swanstrom, Lee
Welsch, Thilo
Müller-Stich, Beat P.
Nickel, Felix http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6066-8238
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Article History
Received: 4 April 2021
Accepted: 17 October 2021
First Online: 9 November 2021
Declarations
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: Mona W. Schmidt, Caelan M. Haney, Karl-Friedrich Kowalewski, Mohammed Abu Hilal, Alberto Arezzo, Marcus Bahra, Marc Besselink, Matthias Biebl, Luigi Boni, Michele Diana, Jan H. Egberts, Lars Fischer, Nader Francis, Daniel Perez, Marlies Schijven, Marek Soltes, Thilo Welsch and Beat-Peter Müller Stich have no conflict of interest or financial ties to disclose. Felix Nickel reports to have received travel support for conference participation, as well as equipment provided for laparoscopic surgery courses by KARL STORZ, Johnson & Johnson, Intuitive Surgical, Cambridge Medical Robotics (CMR), and Medtronic and he reports consultancy fees from KARL STORZ. Daniel A. Hashimoto receives consultancy fees from Johnson and Johnson and Verily Life Sciences. He has received research support from Olympus Corporation and the Intuitive Foundation. Vasile V. Bintintan reports tutoring surgical training programs sponsored by Medtronic, being an invited speaker for Covidien, Bayer, Abbvie, Karl Storz and having received support for congress participation from Johnson & Johnson. Moritz Schmelzle reports to have received grants or contracts from Johnson & Johnson, ERBE Elektromedizin GmbH, Takeda Pharmaceutical Limited, Olympus K.K., Medtronic GmbH and Intuitive Surgical Inc., as well as payments for educational events from Merck Serono, Bayer AG, ERBE Elektromedizin GmbH and Amgen Inc. Furthermore, he has received support for attending meetings/travel from ERBE Elektromedizin GmbH. Lee Swanstrom reports to hold royalties with Wolf, as well as having received financial support by Medtronic. He is part of boards/societies for Medtronic, OESO and SAGES.