Atallah, S.
Parra-Davila, E.
Melani, A. G. F.
Romagnolo, L. G.
Larach, S. W.
Marescaux, J.
Article History
Received: 5 December 2018
Accepted: 15 December 2018
First Online: 17 January 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Dr. S. Atallah reports consultancy (such as consulting fees, honoraria) from Medtronic, Applied Medical, ConMed, Inc, and Medrobotics. Dr. S. Larach holds stock options with Applied Medical. Dr. J. Marescaux is president of both IRCAD and IHU Strasbourg, which are partly funded by Karl Storz, Medtronic, and Siemens Healthcare though he has no direct conflict of interest with content discussed in this manuscript. Dr. A.G.F. Melani receives remuneration (payment for services not otherwise identified as salary such as consulting fees, honoraria) from Medtronic, Ethicon, Intuitive Surgical, and Verb Surgical though he has no direct conflicts of interest with content discussed in this manuscript. Dr. E. Parra-Davila receives remuneration (payment for services not otherwise identified as salary such as consulting fees, honoraria) from Medtronic, Ethicon, Intuitive Surgical, and Verb Surgical though he has no direct conflicts of interest with content discussed in this manuscript. Dr. L. Romagnolo has received remuneration (honoraria) from Medtronic, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson.
: This research was performed 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.
: Informed consent was obtained in accordance with the standards set forth by hospital regulations.