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Holland, Tom
Cutner, Alfred
Morris, Stephen
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Article History
Received: 31 August 2015
Accepted: 11 April 2016
First Online: 6 May 2016
Compliance with ethical standards
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: “All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were 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.”According to the UK National Health Service Health Research Authority online tool, ethical approval for this study was deemed unnecessary since this study was a health professional survey, which did not include invasive procedures, use of medical devices or products, human tissues or patient involvement (ExternalRef removed).
: T. Holland declares he has no conflict of interest.A. Cutner is on the advisory board for Surgical Innovations for which he receives an annual honorarium. He also received Honoraria for courses and education from Storz, Olympus and Johnson and Johnson and grants to support clinical nursing from Covidien and Lotus.S. Morris declares he has no conflict of interest.
