Thomaschewski, Michael
Kist, Markus
Zimmermann, Markus
Benecke, Claudia
Kalff, Jörg C.
Krüger, Colin M.
Mann, Benno
Türler, Andreas
Keck, Tobias
Hummel, Richard
Funding for this research was provided by:
Intuitive Surgical Inc.
Universität zu Lübeck
Article History
Received: 18 July 2023
Accepted: 25 December 2023
First Online: 27 January 2024
Declarations
:
: All authors (Michael Thomaschewski, Markus Kist, Markus Zimmermann, Claudia Benecke, Jörg C Kalff, Colin M Krüger, Benno Mann, Andreas Türler, Tobias Keck, Richard Hummel) declare that the robotic training instruments for the validation study were provided by Intuitive Inc. A two-day cadaver training was provided and funded by the company Intuitive Inc. during the validation study for Michael Thomaschewski, Markus Kist, Markus Zimmermann, and Richard Hummel. Beside this, all authors declare no conflict of interest.
: The prospective validation study was approved by the ethics committee of the University of Lübeck (#2022-568).
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.