Iqbal, Muhammad Waqas
Shin, Richard H.
Youssef, Ramy F.
Kaplan, Adam G.
Cabrera, Fernando J.
Hanna, Jonathan
Scales, Charles D. Jr.
Ferrandino, Michael N.
Preminger, Glenn M.
Lipkin, Michael E.
Article History
Received: 29 January 2016
Accepted: 18 May 2016
First Online: 30 May 2016
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Muhammad Waqas Iqbal, Richard H. Shin, Ramy F. Youssef, Adam G. Kaplan, Fernando J. Cabrera, Jonathan Hanna, and Charles D. Scales declare that they have no conflict of interest. Michael N. Ferrandino is a Proctor for Intuitive Surgical. Glenn M. Preminger is a consultant for Boston Scientific, Mission Pharmacal and has received a speaker honorarium from Olympus. Michael E. Lipkin is a consultant for Boston Scientific and has received a speaker honorarium from Lumenis.
: 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. This article does not contain any studies with animals performed by any of the authors.
: For this type of study formal consent is not required.
: This study was investigator initiated; there was no source of funding.