AlMarzooqi, R.
Tish, S.
Huang, L.-C.
Prabhu, A.
Rosen, M.
Article History
Received: 31 March 2019
Accepted: 28 April 2019
First Online: 8 May 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Author MR reports receiving salary support for role as medical director of non-profit AHSQC, grants from Intuitive Surgical Inc., Pacira, and Miromatrix, outside the submitted work. Author AP reports grants from Intuitive Surgical, Inc., personal fees from MedTronic, personal fees from Bard Davol, outside the submitted work. Author LH reports that the AHSQC has contracted with Vanderbilt University Department of Biostatistics to provide support for AHSQC projects. The work provided for this publication was performed under the umbrella of the Vanderbilt Biostatistics and AHSQC collaboration plan from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, during the conduct of the study. Authors RA and ST declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors.
: For this type of study, formal consent was not required.
: This study did not require approval from the local ethical committee.