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SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY Instructions for Authors PLEASE NOTE: EFFECTIVE APRIL 9, 2015 (OFFICIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS AND FORMS): All potential benefits in any form from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this manuscript or any of the authors must be acknowledged. For each source of funds, both the research funder and the grant number should be given. For Surgical Endoscopy this is a two-step process: Author Disclosures within the submitted manuscript. The Disclosures section should appear in the manuscript as a separate section immediately before the references. The Disclosure section is required for submission. If it is not in the manuscript, the submission will be returned for correction before review. If the authors have nothing to disclose, state this in the section for each author, listing each author by name. The Disclosure section should include all corporate/commercial relationships that might pose a conflict of interest, e.g., all of the authors’ relationships with all pharmaceutical or device companies. This includes such things as all consultantships, honoraria, stock ownership, gifts, free or reimbursed travel/ vacations, equity interests, arrangements regarding patents or other vested interests, etc. (not just those immediately related to this specific paper or to the pharmaceutical or device company sponsoring the submitted paper). If a specific author has no financial relationships with any pharmaceutical or device company, it must be so stated in the Disclosure section. When preparing the Author Disclosure, make sure to list all authors by name. Also, make sure to use the following format for authors who have nothing to disclose: “Drs. A, B, and C have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.” Here is an example of a disclosure statement: Dr. A has an equity interest in. . . . Dr. B is on the speakers’ bureau of. . . . Drs. C, D. and E have no conflicts of interest or finan