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DECLARATIONS
Authors’ contributions
Made substantial contributions to conception and design of the study: Kunkel E, Martin C, Agarwal S,
Marks JH

Availability of data and materials
Not applicable.

Financial support and sponsorship
None.

Conflicts of interest
E Kunkel, C Martin, S Agarwal and H Schoonyoung have no conflicts of interest to disclose. Dr. John
Marks is engaged with Intuitive Surgical in a consultative fashion to develop the safe application of the SP
robot. This has entailed detailed conversation as well as cadaver work utilizing a robotic protocol. He has
been financially compensated for this work.

Ethical approval and consent to participate
Not applicable.

Consent for publication
Not applicable.

Copyright
© The Author(s) 2020.

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