Mailloux, Olivier http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9537-1060
Tassé, Nicolas
Tchernof, André
Nadeau, Mélanie
Dawe, Philip
Beckett, Andrew
Biertho, Laurent
Article History
Received: 2 August 2022
Revised: 31 December 2022
Accepted: 6 January 2023
First Online: 28 January 2023
Declarations
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: • All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with ethical standards of the Quebec Heart and Lung Institute Research Ethics Committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.• This project is endorsed by the Surgeon General of the Canadian Forces.• This project is approved by the Quebec Heart and Lung Institute Research Ethics Committee, protocol number 2021-3587,22024.
: For this type of study, formal consent is not required. Informed consent does not apply.
: <b>◦</b> André Tchernof received research funding from Johnson and Johnson, Medtronic, and GI Windows for studies on bariatric surgery and acted as a consultant for Bausch Health, Novo Nordisk, and Biotwin, which have no relation to this study.<b>◦</b> Laurent Biertho received research funding from Johnson and Johnson, Medtronic, and GI Windows for studies on bariatric surgery which have no relation to this study.<b>◦</b> All other authors declare no competing interests.