Telis, Alexander L.
Tucker, Douglass W. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0859-0522
Compton, Edward
DeSanto, Donald J.
Carney, John J.
Scolaro, John A.
Marecek, Geoffrey S.
Lee, Adam K.
Article History
Received: 19 November 2020
Accepted: 8 January 2021
First Online: 24 January 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: G. S. Marecek has received research support funding from BoneSupport AB and is a paid consultant for DePuy Synthes Globus Medical, Nuvasive, Stryker, Smith & Nephew, and Zimmer Biomet. G.S. Marecek is a committee member for the Orthopaedic Trauma Association and Western Orthopaedic Association. Donald Desanto has stock or stock options in AbbVie, Amgen Co, Becton Dickinson, and Company, Cardinal Health, Inc., Celgene, Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc., Johnson & Johnson, Masimo, Norvartis, Procter & Gamble, Sangam Therapeutics, Shockwave Medical, and Stryker. John Scolaro is a paid consultant for Globus Medical, Nuvasive, Smith & Nephew, Stryker, and Zimmer Biomet. John Scolaro receives IP royalties from Globus Medical. Alexander Telis, Edward Compton, Douglass Tucker, John Carney, and Adam K. Lee have no competing interests.
: This study received no outside funding and was initiated following after Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: As this study included human subjects informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.