O’Brien, Paul E. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3348-127X
Hindle, Annemarie
Brennan, Leah
Skinner, Stewart
Burton, Paul
Smith, Andrew
Crosthwaite, Gary
Brown, Wendy
Article History
First Online: 6 October 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
: Ethical approval to perform the study was provided by The Avenue Hospital Human Research Ethics committee in accordance with the guidelines of the National Health and Medical Research Council and the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and its later amendments.
: Dr. O’Brien reports grants from Allergan Inc., grants from Apollo Endosurgery and grants from Applied Medical during the conduct of the study.Dr. Brown reports grants from Johnson and Johnson, grants from Medtronic, grants from GORE, personal fees from GORE, grants from Applied Medical, grants from Apollo Endosurgery, grants and personal fees from Novo Nordisc and personal fees from Merck Sharpe and Dohme.There were no other reported conflicts of interest.
: Informed consent was not applicable or required for this study.