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Article History

Received: 7 May 2020

Revised: 30 October 2020

Accepted: 10 November 2020

First Online: 26 November 2020

Compliance with Ethical Standards

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: Authors 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 have no relevant disclosures.

: 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.

: Author number 6 reports having received financial support from Allergan Inc., Covidien LP, Ethicon Inc., Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Levita Magnetics International Corp., Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals LLC, Abbott Laboratories, Apollo Endosurgery US Inc., Novo Nordisk Inc., and W. L. Gore & Associates outside the submitted work. Author number 7 reports having received financial support from Covidien LP, Ethicon Inc., Intuitive Surgical Inc., Levita Magnets International Corp., W. L. Gore & Associates, Abbot Laboratories, Apollo Endosurgery US Inc., Novo Nordisk Inc., and Orexigen Therapeutics outside the submitted work. Author number 8 reports having received non-financial support from Allergan Inc., Becton, Dickinson and Company, Covidien LP, Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ethicon Inc., Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Levita Magnetics International Corp, Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals, Novo Nordisk Inc., Shire North American Group, and W. L. Gore & Associate outside the submitted work. Dr. George Fielding reports having received financial support from Allergan Inc., Covidien LP, Ethicon Inc., Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Levita Magnetics International Corp., Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals LLC, Abbott Laboratories, Apollo Endosurgery US Inc., Novo Nordisk Inc., and W. L. Gore & Associates outside the submitted work. Dr. Christine Ren-Fielding reports having received financial support from Covidien LP, Ethicon Inc., Intuitive Surgical Inc., Levita Magnets International Corp., W. L. Gore & Associates, Abbot Laboratories, Apollo Endosurgery US Inc., Novo Nordisk Inc., and Orexigen Therapeutics outside the submitted work. Dr. Bradley Schwack reports having received non-financial support from Allergan Inc., Becton, Dickinson and Company, Covidien LP, Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ethicon Inc., Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Levita Magnetics International Corp, Nalpropion Pharmaceuticals, Novo Nordisk Inc., Shire North American Group and W. L. Gore & Associate outside the submitted work. Dr. Flavia Silveira, Dr. Christina Poa-Li, Dr. Matthew Pergamo, Akash Gujral, and Dr. Sindhura Kolli have no relevant disclosures.

: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.