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"Declarations DisclosureAmir L Bastawrous MD has received honoraria from Intuitive Surgical, Inc. for educational speaking. He serves on the advisory board of Medtronic. He has equity interest in Twistle, Inc. I-Fan Shih MD is a full-time employee of Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Yanli Li PhD is a full-time employee of Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Marissa Khalil has no conflict of interest or financial ties to disclose. Biruk Almaz, MD has no conflict of interest or financial ties to disclose. Robert K Cleary MD has received honoraria from Intuitive Surgical, Inc. for educational speaking. Disclosure Amir L Bastawrous MD has received honoraria from Intuitive Surgical, Inc. for educational speaking. He serves on the advisory board of Medtronic. He has equity interest in Twistle, Inc. I-Fan Shih MD is a full-time employee of Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Yanli Li PhD is a full-time employee of Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Marissa Khalil has no conflict of interest or financial ties to disclose. Biruk Almaz, MD has no conflict of interest or financial ties to disclose. Robert K Cleary MD has received honoraria from Intuitive Surgical, Inc. for educational speaking."

"Funding Access to the MarketScan database was provided by Intuitive Surgical."