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Authors
Menso, Julia E. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3398-6879
van den Broek, Bram L. J.
Zwart, Maurice J. W.
Ali, Mahsoem
Campbell, Brady
Farah, Emile
Hays, Sarah
Kazemier, Geert
Rojas, Aram E.
Tirukkovalur, Nikhil V.
He, Jin
Hogg, Melissa E.
Molenaar, I. Quintus
Paniccia, Alessandro
Polanco, Patricio M.
Zureikat, Amer H.
Zeh, Herbert J. III
Groot Koerkamp, Bas
Besselink, Marc G.
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Intuitive Foundation
KWF Kankerbestrijding
Intuitive Surgical
Maag Lever Darm Stichting
Olympus America Medical
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Article History
Received: 2 December 2025
Accepted: 28 February 2026
First Online: 30 March 2026
Declarations
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: This study did not receive funding. J.E. Menso and M.G. Besselink received a private donation and funding from Intuitive Foundation (Sunnyvale, CA) and KWF Dutch Cancer Society for the investigator-initiated DIPLOMA-2 × 2 randomized trial on the oncological outcomes after robot-assisted versus open pancreatoduodenectomy. M.G. Besselink received funding from Intuitive Surgical Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) for the investigator-initiated DIPLOMA-2 randomized trial. M.J.W. Zwart and M.G. Besselink received funding from Amsterdam UMC, the Dutch Digestive Foundation (‘Maag Lever Darm Stichting’), and Intuitive Surgical Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) for studies on safe implementation of robot-assisted pancreatic surgery, including the investigator-initiated LAELAPS-3 and LEARNBOT training programs for RPD in the Netherlands and Europe, respectively. M.E. Hogg received funding from Intuitive Surgical Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) for robot-assisted pancreatic surgery training and Olympus Medical (Japan) for consultation of pancreatic cancer detection. H.J. Zeh is on the Scientific Advisory Board of Surgical Safety Technologies Inc. (New York, NY). M.G. Besselink and I.Q. Molenaar are proctors for Intuitive Surgical Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA). B.L.J. van den Broek, M. Ali, B. Campbell, E. Farah, S. Hays, G. Kazemier, A.E. Rojas, N.V. Tirukkovalur, J. He, A. Paniccia, P.M. Polanco, A.H. Zureikat, and B. Groot Koerkamp have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.
