Atallah, S.
Parra-Davila, E.
Melani, A. G. F.
Article History
Received: 19 March 2019
Accepted: 15 April 2019
First Online: 8 May 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Dr. S. Atallah reports consultancy (such as consulting fees, honoraria) from Medtronic, Applied Medical, ConMed, Inc, and Medrobotics. Dr. A.G.F. Melani receives remuneration (payment for services not otherwise identified as salary such as consulting fees, honoraria) from Medtronic, Ethicon, Intuitive Surgical, and Verb Surgical though he has no direct conflicts of interest with content discussed in this manuscript. Dr. E. Parra-Davila receives remuneration (payment for services not otherwise identified as salary such as consulting fees, honoraria) from Medtronic, Ethicon, Intuitive Surgical, and Verb Surgical though he has no direct conflicts of interest with content discussed in this manuscript.
: This research was performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained in accordance with the standards set forth by hospital regulations.