Parker, Samuel G.
Halligan, Steve
Liang, Mike K.
Muysoms, Filip E.
Adrales, Gina L.
Boutall, Adam
de Beaux, Andrew C.
Dietz, Ulrich A.
Divino, Celia M.
Hawn, Mary T.
Heniford, Todd B.
Hong, Joon P.
Ibrahim, Nabeel
Itani, Kamal M. F.
Jorgensen, Lars N.
Montgomery, Agneta
Morales‐Conde, Salvador
Renard, Yohann
Sanders, David L.
Smart, Neil J.
Torkington, Jared J.
Windsor, Alastair C. J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Allergan
National Institute for Health and Care Research (RfPB PB‐PG)
Allergan
National Institute for Health Research (Research for Patient Benefit Programme: RfPB PB-PG)
Article History
First Online: 17 December 2019
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: Windsor ACJ declares conflicts of interest not directly related to the submitted work; consultant advisor for TELA BIO; and educational grants and speaker for: BARD, LifeCell and Cook. Boutall A. declares conflicts of interest not related to the submitted work; travel grants from Ethicon, Bard and Medtronic; and consultancy work for Medtronic. De Beaux A. declares conflicts of interest not directly related to the submitted work; speaker for BD Bard and Medtronic; and trainer for Bard BD. Heniford BT declares conflicts of interest not directly related to the submitted work and consultancy work for WL Gore, Stryker Corporation and Allergan Plc. Jorgensen LN declares conflicts of interest not directly related to the submitted work and educational grants from Bard BD and Medtronic. Montgomery A. declares conflicts of interest not directly related to the submitted work and speaker for Bard BD. Morales-Conde S declares conflicts of interest not directly related to the submitted work; speaker for Bard BD; educational work for Medtronic, Ethicon, Storz Medical, Olympus, Stryker Corporation and WL Gore; and consultancy work for Dipro Medical. Muysoms F declares conflicts of interest not directly related to the submitted work; consultancy work for Medtronic, Intuitive Surgical, CMR surgical and Dynamesh; educational grants from Medtronic and Dynamesh; and speaker for Bard BD. Renard Y. declares conflicts of interest not directly related to the submitted work and educational grants from Bard BD, Hartmann. Sanders DL declares conflicts of interest not directly related to the submitted work; educational grant, speakers fee and fee for post-market surveillance from Medtronic; and speakers fee and consultant for Bard BD. Smart NJ declares conflicts of interest not directly related to the submitted work and educational and speaker grants from WL Gore and Medtronic. Torkington J declares conflicts of interest not directly related to the submitted work and speaker and consultant for Medtronic. Parker SG, Halligan S, Adrales GL, Deitz UA, Divino CM, Hawn MT, Hong JP, Ibrahim N, Itani KMF and Liang MK declare no conflict of interest.
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