Crowd-sourced and expert video assessment in minimally invasive esophagectomy.

"Declarations DisclosuresMirte Ketel, Bastiaan Klarenbeek, Camiel Rosman, Yassin Eddahchouri, and Frans van Workum declare funding from Ethicon for the submitted work. However, Ethicon as sponsor had no role in the design and conduct of the study: collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication. Both Camiel Rosman and Bastiaan Klarenbeek report grants from Medtronic and Bastiaan Klarenbeek reports grants from ZonMW, Stichting Bergh in het Zadel, BeNeFit, Stichting Sasha Swartouw, and Radboud Oncology Fund outside of the submitted work. In addition, C-SATS donated the use of their product for the completion of this study. Elke van Daele reports a study grant ‘Kom op tegen kanker’ outside of the submitted work. Christian Gutschow received speaker honoraria: BD/Bard Medical, Johnson & Johnson, B. Braun/Aesculap, Micro-Tech Europe GmbH, and Bristol-Myers Squibb; Consulting fees: BD/Bard Medical and Medtronic; and Research grant: B. Braun/Aesculap, all outside of the submitted work. Misha Luyer received consulting fees from Medtronic and Galvani, outside of the submitted work. Robert Merritt received consulting fees from Astra Zeneca as advisory board and Honoria from Intuitive Surgical for lectures, all outside of the submitted work. Grard Nieuwenhuijzen received consulting fees from Medtronic, outside of the submitted work. Inger Abma, Miguel Cuesta, Michal Hubka, Arnulf Hölscher, and Yaxing Shen have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose. Disclosures Mirte Ketel, Bastiaan Klarenbeek, Camiel Rosman, Yassin Eddahchouri, and Frans van Workum declare funding from Ethicon for the submitted work. However, Ethicon as sponsor had no role in the design and conduct of the study: collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication. Both Camiel Rosman and Bastiaan Klarenbeek report grants from Medtronic and Bastiaan Klarenbeek reports grants from ZonMW, Stichting Bergh in het Zadel, BeNeFit, Stichting Sasha Swartouw, and Radboud Oncology Fund outside of the submitted work. In addition, C-SATS donated the use of their product for the completion of this study. Elke van Daele reports a study grant ‘Kom op tegen kanker’ outside of the submitted work. Christian Gutschow received speaker honoraria: BD/Bard Medical, Johnson & Johnson, B. Braun/Aesculap, Micro-Tech Europe GmbH, and Bristol-Myers Squibb; Consulting fees: BD/Bard Medical and Medtronic; and Research grant: B. Braun/Aesculap, all outside of the submitted work. Misha Luyer received consulting fees from Medtronic and Galvani, outside of the submitted work. Robert Merritt received consulting fees from Astra Zeneca as advisory board and Honoria from Intuitive Surgical for lectures, all outside of the submitted work. Grard Nieuwenhuijzen received consulting fees from Medtronic, outside of the submitted work. Inger Abma, Miguel Cuesta, Michal Hubka, Arnulf Hölscher, and Yaxing Shen have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose."

"Funding This study was funded via the investigator-initiated study proposal rewarded by Ethicon Endo-Surgery by Johnson & Johnson Medical Limited. The study was performed independently, and Ethicon had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit to manuscript."