Silveira-Bertazzo, Giuliano
Manjila, Sunil
Carrau, Ricardo L.
Prevedello, Daniel M.
Article History
Received: 16 December 2019
Accepted: 21 April 2020
First Online: 9 May 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: This study was performed at ALT-VISION at The Ohio State University. This laboratory receives educational support from the following companies: Carl Zeiss Microscopy, Intuitive Surgical Corp., KLS Martin Corp., Karl Storz Endoscopy, Leica Microsystems, Medtronic Corp., Stryker Corp., and Vycor Medical. Dr. Prevedello is a consultant for Stryker Corp., Medtronic Corp., and Integra; he has received an honorarium from Mizuho and royalties from KLS- Martin. N. London holds stock in Navigen Pharmaceuticals currently of no value and was a consultant for Cooltech Inc., both of which are unrelated to this manuscript. Ricardo L. Carrau is a consultant for Medtronic Corp.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center institutional research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study
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