Updates are available Erratum dated 2017-08-10

Article History

Received: 12 May 2017

Accepted: 24 May 2017

First Online: 20 June 2017

Change Date: 10 August 2017

Change Type: Erratum

Change Details: An erratum to this article has been published.

Compliance with ethical standards

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: Dr. Jones reports personal fees from Allurion, personal fees from The Medicines Company, outside the submitted work; and is President of SAGES and the former Chair of the SAGES Curriculum Task Force. Dr. Korndorffer is on the speakers bureau of Becton–Dickinson, outside the submitted work. Dr. Dimick reports personal fees from ArborMetrix, grants from NIH, personal fees from Georgetown University Hospital, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Rutgers University, outside the submitted work. Dr. Jacob reports personal fees from Medtronic, Inc and other from International Hernia Collaboration, Inc., outside the submitted work. Dr. Scott reports non-financial support from Intuitive, personal fees from Accelerated Technologies, Inc., non-financial support from Covidien, non-financial support from Ethicon, non-financial support from Karl Storz Endoscopy, outside the submitted work. In addition, Dr. Scott has a patent for Magnetically Anchored Instruments issued and is Past President of SAGES. Dr. Stefanidis and Ms. Schultz have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.