Dickens, Eugene O.
Kolachalam, Ramachandra
Gonzalez, Anthony
Richardson, Christopher
D’Amico, Lawrence
Rabaza, Jorge
Gamagami, Reza
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Does robotic-assisted transabdominal preperitoneal (R-TAPP) hernia repair facilitate contralateral investigation and repair without compromising patient morbidity?
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Intuitive Surgical
Article History
Received: 7 February 2018
Accepted: 23 April 2018
First Online: 30 April 2018
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. For this type of study (retrospective) formal consent is not required, and a waiver of informed consent was obtained from each participating institution.
: Drs. Dickens, Gamagami, Richardson, D’Amico, Gonzalez, Rabaza, and Kolachalam received clinical research grants from Intuitive Surgical. Drs. Dickens, Gamagami, D’Amico, and Gonzalez receive personal fees for consulting and education from Intuitive. Dr. Dickens receives personal fees for consulting and education from Covidien and is an advisor (with ownership) to GibLib. Dr. D’Amico receives consulting fees from Ethicon. The authors have no other conflicts of interest or disclosures relevant to the study.