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Conflicts of interest
Phillips JD has previously received consulting fees from Intuitive Surgical, Inc. but has no ongoing
relationship. All other authors declared that there are no conflicts of interest related to this work.

Ethical approval and consent to participate
The study was reviewed by the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects of Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Medical Center and approved.

Consent for publication
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