Feng, M. P.
Baucom, R. B.
Broman, K. K. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4679-4665
Harris, D. A.
Holzman, M. D.
Huang, L.-C.
Kaiser, J. L.
Kavalukas, S. L.
Oyefule, O. O.
Phillips, S. E. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4230-4454
Poulose, B. K.
Pierce, R. A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7143-0310
Article History
Received: 7 June 2018
Accepted: 25 November 2018
First Online: 18 December 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Dr. Pierce receives research funding from Intuitive Surgical Solutions, and consulting fees/honoraria from AbbVie. His spouse is an employee of, and thus receives a salary from, BD/CareFusion. These relationships have no impact on the current work. Dr. Poulose receives research funding from Bard/Davol and salary support from The Americas Hernia Society Quality Collaborative. These relationships have no impact on the current work. Drs. Baucom, Broman, Harris, Holzman, Huang, Kavalukas, and Oyefule, as well as Mr. Feng, Ms. Kaiser, and Ms. Phillips declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: 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.
: This study includes human participants and has been performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. No animal studies were performed.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.