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DECLARATIONS
Authors’ contributions
Made substantial contributions to conception and design of chapter, analyzing available data, and
performing interpretation: Bitner DP
Reviewed presented data, as well as provided administrative, technical, and material support: Filicori F

Availability of data and materials
Not applicable.

Financial support and sponsorship
IPAL is supported by private donations and institutional internal funding.

Conflicts of interest
Dr. Filicori has consulting affiliations with Active Surgical and Boston Scientific.
Dr. Bitner has consulting affiliation with Deep Surgery.

Ethical approval and consent to participate
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Consent for publication
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Copyright
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