Wilhelm, Dirk http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2972-9802
Vogel, Thomas
Neumann, Philipp-Alexander
Friess, Helmut
Kranzfelder, Michael
Funding for this research was provided by:
Technische Universität München
Article History
Received: 9 March 2020
Accepted: 9 October 2020
First Online: 13 November 2020
Compliance with ethical guidelines
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: D. Wilhelm receives case-related pay from Intuitive Surgical as a proctor for robotic surgery. He states that this does not influence his interpretation of the included data or the completion of the submitted manuscript. He has no other conflicts of interest or financial ties to declare. T. Vogel, P.A. Neumann, H. Friess, and M. Kranzfelder declare that they have no competing interests.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants or on human tissue were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1975 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.