*Division of General Surgery, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
†Division of General Surgery, Jefferson Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
‡Division of General Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
§Department of Surgery, University of South Carolina School of Medicine- Greenville/Prisma Health, Greenville, SC, USA
∥Division of Gastrointestinal and General Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine, Portland, Oregon, USA
¶Department of Surgery, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA
#Division of General Surgery, University Health Network - Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada
**Surgical Skills Simulation and Education Center, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Previously presented at: Americas Hernias Society Annual Meeting, September 26, 2020, AHS Live Top Presentations and Videos Session
AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS: All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by Karan Grover, Nechama Korenblit, and Archana Babu. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Karan Grover and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
FUNDING: There were no sources of funding involved in the study design, data collection, data analysis and interpretation, manuscript drafting, or decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
AVAILABILTY OF DATA AND MATERIAL: Requests can be submitted to [email protected] and provision will be considered based on feasibility and under direction of the IRB.
CODE AVAILABILITY: Not applicable
ETHICS APPROVAL: The Institutional Review Board of Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences deemed that study ID: Pro2020002651 does not require ethical approval.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT: No authors have any financial or personal relationships with people or organizations that may directly or indirectly bias the content of the published manuscript.
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