Horbach, T
Meyer, G
Morales-Conde, S
Alarcón, I
Favretti, F
Anselmino, M
Rovera, G M
Dargent, J
Stroh, C
Susewind, M
Torres, A J
Article History
Received: 14 January 2016
Revised: 13 June 2016
Accepted: 23 July 2016
First Online: 16 September 2016
Competing interests
: Dr Horbach reports receiving personal fees from IntraPace for his services as a scientific advisor. He has received honoraria for proctoring and traveling expenses from Johnson & Johnson, Apollo, Torax and the German Society for Gastrointestinal Surgery. Dr Torres reports receiving personal fees from IntraPace for his services as a scientific advisor. He has received honoraria for proctoring and traveling expenses from Ethicon, Covidien and Gore. Drs Meyer, Morales, Alarcon, Favretti, Anselmino, Rovera, Susewind and Dargent have no potential conflict of interest to disclose. The sponsor, IntraPace Inc, funded the clinical sites for screening of the patients, testing, hospitalization, surgery (implant) and data management.