Butenschoen, Vicki M.
Weitz, Jochen
Ritschl, Lucas M.
Meyer, Bernhard
Krieg, Sandro M. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4050-1531
Funding for this research was provided by:
Technische Universität München
Article History
Received: 14 April 2020
Revised: 18 June 2020
Accepted: 3 July 2020
First Online: 10 July 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Informed consent for publication was obtained.
: The present study is in accordance with ethical standards outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki; the ethics approval was obtained on the 28th of May 2018 and is listed under document number 218/18 S.
: SK is a consultant for Spineart Deutschland GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany) and Nexstim Plc (Helsinki, Finland) and received honoraria from Medtronic (Meerbusch, Germany) and Carl Zeiss Meditec (Oberkochen, Germany). SK and BM received research grants from and are consultants for Brainlab AG (Munich, Germany). BM received honoraria, consulting fees, and research grants from Medtronic (Meerbusch, Germany), icotec ag (Altstätten, Switzerland), and Relievant Medsystemy Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA, USA); honoraria and research grants from Ulrich Medical (Ulm, Germany); honoraria and consulting fees from Spineart Deutschland GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany) and DePuy Synthes (West Chester, PA, USA); and royalties from Spineart Deutschland GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany). All authors report no conflict of interest concerning the materials or methods used in this study or the findings specified in this publication.