Sylla, Patricia http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9737-994X
Sands, Dana
Ricardo, Alison
Bonaccorso, Antoinette
Polydorides, Alexandros
Berho, Mariana
Marks, John
Maykel, Justin
Alavi, Karim
Zaghiyan, Karen
Whiteford, Mark
Mclemore, Elisabeth
Chadi, Sami
Shawki, Sherief F.
Steele, Scott
Pigazzi, Alessio
Albert, Matthew
DeBeche-Adams, Teresa
Moshier, Erin
Wexner, Steven D.
Funding for this research was provided by:
ASCRS Research Foundation
KARL STORZ
Ethicon
Novadaq Corp.
Olympus Corporation of the Americas
Medtronic
Intuitive Surgical
ConMed
Richard Wolf
Cooper Surgical
Applied Medical
Stryker
Article History
Received: 15 April 2023
Accepted: 27 June 2023
First Online: 12 September 2023
Declarations
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: Dr. Patricia Sylla reports consultant payments from Ethicon, Medtronic, Safeheal, Olympus, Stryker, RedDress, and GI windows. Dr. Alexandros Polydorides reports royalties or licenses with Elsevier, Med Learning Group, payment or honoraria from Johns Hopkins and USCAP, and payment for various expert testimony. Dr. John Marks serves as a consultant for Stryker and Intuitive, reports payment or honoraria from Stryker and Medtronic, and participates on the data safety monitoring board (DSMB) or advisory board for Virtual Incision. Dr. Elisabeth McLemore serves as a chair on the SAGES Colorectal Surgery Committee. Dr. Justin Maykel reports consultant fees for Olympus, Takeda, Safeheal, RedDress, and Applied Medical, and payment for expert testimony for medical legal review. Dr. Karim Alavi reports consultant fees for Safeheal and Olympus, payment for expert testimony for Crico, and serves on the DCR editorial board and as an Operative Competency Committee Chair of ASCRS. Dr. Karen Zaghiyan reports grants received by Surgical Research Network and Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, consultant fees for Takeda and Intuitive, and payment or honoraria from Natera. Dr. Sami Chadi serves as a consultant for Stryker and Noah Medical and receives payment or honoraria from Stryker. Dr. Alessio Pigazzi reports receiving a Research grant from Vioptix, royalties with Xodus Medical, and serves as a consultant for Medtronic, Ethicon, and Intuitive. Dr. Matt Albert reports grants or contracts from Applied Medical, Stryker Endoscopy, Conmed, Human Extensions, Endoquest, Livsmed, Astellas Pharmaceuticals, Distal Motion, Proximie, and Noah, serves as a consultant and receives payment or honoraria from Applied Medical, Stryker, Distal Motion, EndoQuest, Astellas Pharmaceuticals, Livsmed, and ConMed, participates on the DSMB or Advisory board for Proximie and Distal Motion, and holds stock or stock options for Applied Medical, Proximie, and Human Extension. Dr. Teresa deBeche-Adams receives personal honoraria for educational courses with support for travel expenses from Applied Medical. Erin Moshier reports a grant received for biostatistical support by the National Cancer Institute Cancer Center Support Grant P30CA196521-01, which was awarded to the Tisch Cancer Institute of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Steven Wexner receives consulting fees from ARC/Corvus, Baxter, Becton Dickinson, GI Supply, ICON Clinical Research Limited, Intuitive Surgical, Leading BioSciences, Leading Biosciences/Pallisade Bio, Livsmed, Medtronic, Olympus, Stryker, and Takeda and receives royalties from Intuitive Surgical, Karl Storz Endoscopy America Inc, Medtronic, and Unique Surgical Innovations LLC. Dr. Dana Sands, Dr. Alison Ricardo, Dr. Antoinette Bonaccorso, Dr. Mariana Berho, Dr. Mark Whiteford, Dr. Sherief Shawki, and Dr. Scott Steele have no financial disclosures to report.