El-Hamamsy, D.
Geary, R. S.
Gurol-Urganci, I.
van der Meulen, J.
Tincello, D. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6385-851X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Health Services and Delivery Research Programme ((14/70/162))
Article History
Received: 25 September 2020
Accepted: 15 January 2021
First Online: 15 February 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
:
: DGT acted as consultant for Cambridge Medical Robotics Surgical (CMR-surgical), but was not involved in data extraction or analysis. All other authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
: The use of Hospital Episode Statistics data for the purpose evaluations of care delivered by the NHS was approved by the Confidentiality Advisory Group of the NHS Health Research Authority (15/CAG/0148).
: The data are anonymised and, therefore, their use does not require ethical approval and individual-level patient consent.
: The data are anonymised and, therefore, their use does not require ethical approval and individual-level patient consent.