Seip, Richard L.
Robey, Kyle
Stone, Andrea
Chin, Geneth
Staff, Ilene
McLaughlin, Tara http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9841-9843
Tishler, Darren
Papasavas, Pavlos
Article History
First Online: 6 March 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
: The study site is accredited by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP). The study was approved by the local Institutional Review Board.
: DT served as a consultant for Olympus and Medtronic. PP served as a consultant for Olympus.
: This study was approved by the Hartford Hospital Institutional Review Board (HHC-2017-0077) with a waiver of informed consent.
: This study was approved by the Hartford Hospital Institutional Review Board (HHC-2017-0077). 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.