de Jongh, Cas
van der Meulen, Miriam P.
Gertsen, Emma C.
Brenkman, Hylke J. F.
van Sandick, Johanna W.
van Berge Henegouwen, Mark I.
Gisbertz, Suzanne S.
Luyer, Misha D. P.
Nieuwenhuijzen, Grard A. P.
van Lanschot, Jan J. B.
Lagarde, Sjoerd M.
Wijnhoven, Bas P. L.
de Steur, Wobbe O.
Hartgrink, Henk H.
Stoot, Jan H. M. B.
Hulsewe, Karel W. E.
Spillenaar Bilgen, Ernst Jan
van Det, Marc J.
Kouwenhoven, Ewout A.
Daams, Freek
van der Peet, Donald L.
van Grieken, Nicole C. T.
Heisterkamp, Joos
van Etten, Boudewijn
van den Berg, Jan-Willem
Pierie, Jean-Pierre
Eker, Hasan H.
Thijssen, Annemieke Y.
Belt, Eric J. T.
van Duijvendijk, Peter
Wassenaar, Eelco
Wevers, Kevin P.
Hol, Lieke
Wessels, Frank J.
Haj Mohammad, Nadia
Frederix, Geert W. J.
van Hillegersberg, Richard
Siersema, Peter D.
Vegt, Erik
Ruurda, Jelle P.
,
Funding for this research was provided by:
ZonMw (843004103)
Article History
Received: 15 November 2023
Accepted: 12 February 2024
First Online: 25 March 2024
Disclosures
: The PLASTIC-study and this cost analysis were supported by a health efficiency Grant (No. 843004103) from the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw), which is funded by the government. The funding organization had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication. For the current study, no conflicts of interest were reported. Regarding disclosures beyond or outside of the submitted study, Ruurda reported fees paid to the institution as proctor and advisory consultant for Intuitive Surgical Inc.; Siersema reported receiving grants or research support from Pentax, The e-Nose company, MicroTech, Lucid Diagnostics, Magentiq Eye, Norgine, and Motus GI to the institution; Van Hillegersberg reported fees paid to the institution as proctor and advisory consultant for Intuitive Surgical Inc.; Haj Mojammad reported receiving a grant from Servier for the LyRICX-study and consultancy fees from BMS, Astra Zeneca, Servier, MSD, and Eli Lilly to the institution; Van Det reported fees paid to the institution as proctor and advisory consultant for Intuitive Surgical Inc.; Stoot reported fees paid to the institution from Faculty Clinical Immersion Hernia Medtronic and research grant and speaking fees from BMS; Van Lanschot reported receiving grants from KWF (Dutch Cancer Foundation) and ZonMw (The Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development) for the SANO-trial to the institution; Luyer reported receiving a grant from Medtronic and Galvani to the institution; and Van Bergen Henegouwen reported receiving a grant from Stryker and consultancy fees from Johnson&Johnson, Alesi Surgical, Viatris, BBraun, and Medtronic to the institution. The other authors declared no disclosures.
: All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and later versions. The PLASTIC-study and the current cost analysis were approved by the Dutch Ethics Committee of Utrecht (in Dutch: “medisch-ethische toetsingscommissie Utrecht”). In addition, the trial was approved by the institutional review board at each participating center. Written informed consent was obtained for all patients.