Chong, Keong
Ikramuddin, Sayeed
Lee, Wei-Jei
Billington, Charles J.
Bantle, John P.
Wang, Qi
Thomas, Avis J.
Connett, John E.
Leslie, Daniel B.
Inabnet, William B. III
Jeffery, Robert W.
Sarr, Michael G.
Jensen, Michael D.
Vella, Adrian
Ahmed, Leaque
Belani, Kumar
Schone, Joyce L.
Olofson, Amy E.
Bainbridge, Heather A.
Laqua, Patricia S.
Korner, Judith
Chuang, Lee-Ming
Funding for this research was provided by:
Covidien
Article History
First Online: 25 October 2016
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: All authors have completed and submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest. Dr. Ikramuddin reported that he serves on an advisory board member for Novo Nordisk and receives grant support from Covidien. Dr. Billington reports receiving grant support from Covidien and personal support for consultancy from Novo Nordisk and EnteroMedics Inc. Ms. Thomas reports receiving salary support from Covidien for the Diabetes Surgery Study. Dr. Connett reports receiving institutional and personal grant support from Covidien. Dr. Leslie reports receiving grant support from Covidien and personal fees from EnteroMedics. Ms. Schone reports personal fees from Reshape Medical. Ms. Laqua reports receiving institutional grant support from Covidien. Dr. Korner reports receiving institutional grant support from Covidien and NIH. No other authors reported disclosures.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national 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.