3D liver model-based surgical education improves preoperative decision-making and patient satisfaction-a randomized pilot trial.

"Declarations DisclosureDr. med. Esther Giehl-Brown, Dr. med. Sandra Dennler, Dr. med. Sebastián A. Garcia, Dr. med. Danilo Seppelt, Dr. med. Florian Oehme, Dr. med. Johannes Schweipert, MHBA, Prof. Dr. med. Jürgen Weitz, MSc and PD Dr. med. Carina Riediger, MSc, have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose. Disclosure Dr. med. Esther Giehl-Brown, Dr. med. Sandra Dennler, Dr. med. Sebastián A. Garcia, Dr. med. Danilo Seppelt, Dr. med. Florian Oehme, Dr. med. Johannes Schweipert, MHBA, Prof. Dr. med. Jürgen Weitz, MSc and PD Dr. med. Carina Riediger, MSc, have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose."

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"The study was conducted according to the Declaration of Helsinki with waivers of informed consent of all patients. Ethical approval by local ethics committee was obtained before analysis (Number: BO-EK-168052020). The current study was registered at the German Clinical Trials Register (Deutsches Register Klinische Studien (DRKS)) with the number DRKS00022397."