Pennestrì, Francesco https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0865-700X
Marincola, Giuseppe https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3917-3748
Procopio, Priscilla Francesca https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1916-8335
Gallucci, Pierpaolo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7000-538X
Salvi, Giulia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0420-7351
Ciccoritti, Luigi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7644-2989
Greco, Francesco https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6137-4669
Raffaelli, Marco https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1259-2491
Funding for this research was provided by:
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Article History
Received: 7 July 2024
Accepted: 23 July 2024
First Online: 6 August 2024
Declarations
:
: Marco Raffaelli has entered into consultancy agreements with Medtronic, AB Medica, and Intuitive Surgical. Priscilla Francesca Procopio, Francesco Pennestrì, Pierpaolo Gallucci, Luigi Ciccoritti, and Francesco Greco are engaged in a consultancy agreement with Medtronic. Giuseppe Marincola and Giulia Salvi do not have any conflicts of interest to disclose.
: This study followed the ethical principles outlined in the Helsinki’s Declaration. We obtained ethical approval from our Institutional Ethical Board, which thoroughly reviewed the study protocols indicated by the numbers 00010895/23. Furthermore, explicit consent was acquired from every participant.
: All participants for whom identifiable data are presented in this manuscript provided informed consent.
: No study on animals was undertaken by any of the authors for this paper.