Statement (logic)

Accounting

Political science

Finance

Business

Internal medicine

Pathology

Actuarial science

Medicine

Odds ratio

Conflict of interest

MEDLINE

Payment

Transparency (behavior)

Confidence interval

Annals of Surgery

Accurate conflict of interest (COI) statements are important, as a known COI may invalidate study results due to the potential risk of bias.To determine the accuracy of self-declared COI statements in robotic studies and identify risk factors for undeclared payments.Robotic surgery studies were identified through EMBASE and MEDLINE and included if published in 2015 and had at least one American author. Undeclared COI were determined by comparing the author's declared COI with industry reported payments found in the "Open Payments" database for 2013 and 2014. Undeclared payments and discrepancies in the COI statement were determined. Risk factors were assessed for an association with undeclared payments at the author and study level.A total of 458 studies (2253 authors) were included. Approximately, 240 (52%) studies had 1 or more author receive undeclared payments and included 183 where "no COI" was explicitly declared, and 57 with no declaration statement present. Moreover, 21% of studies and 18% of authors ...

Assessment of Conflicts of Interest in Robotic Surgical Studies