Beckmann, Jan Henrik http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8069-6786
Bernsmeier, Alexander
Kersebaum, Jan-Niclas
Mehdorn, Anne-Sophie
von Schönfels, Witigo
Taivankhuu, Terbish
Laudes, Matthias
Schafmayer, Clemens
Egberts, Jan-Hendrik
Becker, Thomas
Funding for this research was provided by:
Intuitive Surgical (editorial assistance, Xi System for clinical research)
Article History
First Online: 2 March 2020
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: JHB, WvS, and CS are active as speakers for Johnson & Johnson Medical. JHB, TT, CS, JHE, and TB received grants for training with the da Vinci Xi Surgical System through Intuitive Surgical Sàrl. JHB and JHE work as proctors for Intuitive Surgical Sàrl. TB received the da Vinci® Xi Surgical System from Intuitive Surgical Sàrl for the purpose of clinical research. CS has a consulting contract with B. Braun, Melsungen AG. AB, JNK, ASM, and ML state that there is no conflict of interest. We declare that we have no further competing interests.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed written consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.