Lionberger, David R.
Samorajski, Justin http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0813-9993
Wilson, Charlie D.
Rivera, Andreana
Article History
Received: 13 March 2018
Accepted: 26 July 2018
First Online: 14 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Houston Methodist Institutional Review Board (No. 12712) and was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. All participants in the study provided written informed consent.
: No authors have any competing interests except DL, the principal investigator of this study, who has received research monies from Pfizer (New York, New York) and Aesculap (Tuttlingen, Germany). DL has also received consulting fees from Aesculap (Tuttlingen, Germany). This particular study was self-funded.
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