Tastaldi, L. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8485-9960
Bencsath, K.
Alaedeen, D.
Rosenblatt, S.
Alkhatib, H.
Tu, C.
Fafaj, A.
Krpata, D. M.
Prabhu, A. S.
Petro, C. C.
Rosen, M. J.
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Documents that mention this clinical trial
Telescopic dissection versus balloon dissection for laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repair (TEP): a registry-based randomized controlled trial
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-019-02001-y
Funding for this research was provided by:
Americas Hernia Society Foundation (Resident Fellow Research Grant Award)
Article History
Received: 5 June 2019
Accepted: 28 June 2019
First Online: 6 August 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Luciano Tastaldi has received the AHSQC Resident/Fellow Research Grant Award that is related to this work. Aldo Fafaj has received the AHSQC Resident/Fellow Research Grant Award that is not related to the present work. David Krpata received an educational Grant from W. L. Gore not related to the present work. Ajita S. Prabhu receives personal fees from Medtronic and Intuitive Surgical Inc. and has an ongoing research Grant from Intuitive Inc. Michael Rosen received salary support for his leadership position in the AHSQC, is a board member and has stock/stock options from Ariste Medical and has ongoing research Grants from Pacira Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Intuitive Inc. Remaining authors declare no conflicts of interest.
: This study complies with institutional/national ethical standards and was approved by the Institutional Review Board.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the Cleveland Clinic Institutional Review Board and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.