*Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
†Department of Abdominal Surgery, University Hospital Gasthuisberg Leuven, Belgium
‡Department of Surgery, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
§Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
‖Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatics and Bioinformatics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Reprints: Willem A. Bemelman, Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, PO Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, the Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected].
Disclosure: W.A.B. has received an unrestricted research grant from Ethicon Endo Surgery (Europe) GmbH. The remaining authors have nothing to declare. There was no funding or support for this study.
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