Aftahy, A. Kaywan
Barz, Melanie
Wagner, Arthur
Bermeitinger, Julia S.
Delbridge, Claire
Negwer, Chiara
Meyer, Bernhard
Gempt, Jens
Funding for this research was provided by:
Projekt DEAL
Article History
Received: 2 June 2020
Accepted: 18 December 2020
First Online: 31 December 2020
Competing interests
: J.G. and B.M. work as consultants for Brainlab (Brainlab AG, Feldkirchen). In addition, B.M. works as a consultant for Medtronic, Spineart, Icotec, Relievant and Depuy/Synthes. In these firms, B.M. acts as a member of the advisory board. Furthermore, B.M reports a financial relationship with Medtronic, Ulrich Medical, Brainlab, Spineart, Icotec, Relievant and Depuy/Synthes. He received personal fees and research grants for clinical studies from Medtronic, Ulrich Medical, Brainlab, Icotec and Relievant. All this happened independently of the submitted work. B.M. holds the royalties/patent for Spineart. All named potential conflicts of interest are unrelated to this study. There are no further competing interests regarding the other authors.