Joerger, Ann-Kathrin
Shiban, Ehab
Krieg, Sandro M.
Meyer, Bernhard
Funding for this research was provided by:
Projekt DEAL
Article History
Received: 19 July 2020
Accepted: 5 January 2021
First Online: 28 January 2021
Competing interests
: ES reports personal fees (as a consultant) from Nevro (Redwood City, USA) and from Brainlab (Munich, Germany). SMK is a consultant for Nexstim Plc (Helsinki, Finland) and Spineart Deutschland GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany) and received honoraria from Medtronic (Meerbusch, Germany) and Carl Zeiss Meditec (Oberkochen, Germany). SMK and BM received research grants and are consultants for Brainlab AG (Munich, Germany). BM received honoraria, consulting fees, and research grants from Medtronic (Meerbusch, Germany), icotec ag (Altstätten, Switzerland), and Relievant Medsystems Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA, USA), honoraria, and research grants from Ulrich Medical (Ulm, Germany), honoraria and consulting fees from Spineart Deutschland GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany) and DePuy Synthes (West Chester, PA, USA), and royalties from Spineart Deutschland GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany). AJ reports no conflicts of interest.