Hirtsiefer, Christopher
Herout, Roman
Mehralivand, Sherif
Oelkers, Susanne
Franz, Claudia
Thomas, Christian
Baunacke, Martin
Funding for this research was provided by:
Technische Universität Dresden
Article History
Received: 22 July 2025
Accepted: 28 August 2025
First Online: 5 September 2025
Declarations
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: Author S.H., S.O., C.F. and C.T. declare they have no financial interests. Authors C.H. and M.B. have received consultant honoraria from Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, USA. R.H. received a scholarship from Intuitive Surgical (via the DGRU) for 3-day training course in robotic surgery. C.H. has received reimbursement of congress costs by Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, CA, USA.
: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Ethics Committee of University Dresden (17.08.2023/No. BO-EK-273062023).