Tarascó, Jordi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6820-7946
Caballero, Albert https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2666-4967
Moreno, Pau https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6652-120X
Velázquez, Michel
Balibrea, José M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0764-7179
Article History
Received: 18 October 2024
Accepted: 12 February 2025
First Online: 22 February 2025
Declarations
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: JMB declares to receive speaker and consultant fees from Smith & Nephew, Medtronic, BBraun, Abex, Tecnalia and iVascular. JT has received consulting, speaker and proctor fees from Abex as well as RobSurgical. PM has received proctor and speaker fees from Abex. MV is co-founder and CTO of the company mSurgery.
: All interventions were tacitly approved by the local ethics committees of the institutions where the surgeries were performed. In no case was there any variation from standard clinical practice.
: All the patients who underwent surgery were informed of the use of the device and signed a specific consent form in addition to the usual one for the intervention.
: Although at no time is it possible to identify the patients, all the persons who participated in the demonstrations (including the medical team, nurses and technicians) and its retransmission gave their approval.