Atallah, S. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3995-8171
Kural, S.
Banda, N.
Banda, A.
Bawaney, F.
Cabral, F.
Neychev, V.
Patel, C.
Larach, S.
Article History
Received: 5 January 2020
Accepted: 5 February 2020
First Online: 19 March 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: S. Atallah reports consultancy for Applied Medical, Inc., ConMed, Inc., Medtronic, and Auris, and has received an honorarium for a speaking engagement by Johnson and Johnson, Ethicon, Inc. S. Larach has stock options with Applied Medical, Inc. C. Patel, F.Cabral, and V. Neychev, A. Banda, N. Banda, and F, Bawaney have no disclosures to report.
: All procedures performed in this study involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institution and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Since this is a study based on data from a prospectively maintained registry, informed consent statements for patient enrollment are not applicable. No such informed consent statement was obtained for surgeon participation either.