Chachula, Konrad
Lieb, Florian
Hess, Florian
Welter, Joellen
Graf, Nicole
Dullenkopf, Alexander http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1456-6457
Article History
Received: 26 March 2020
Accepted: 13 October 2020
First Online: 24 October 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.This prospective comparison study was performed with approval from the Ethics Committee East Switzerland (EKOS; 2017–01680) and written informed consent of participating patients. The study was registered with the German Clinical Trial Register (ExternalRef removed; DRKS00013773).
: Not applicable.
: The manufacturer of the ClearSight™ system (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine CA, USA) provided the studied medical device free of charge during the study period and the disposables at a reduced price. Otherwise, there is no conflict of interest.