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• Contributors Each of the authors confirms that this manuscript has not been previously published and is not currently under consideration by any other journal. Additionally, all of the authors have approved the contents of this paper and have agreed to the Journal of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine submission policies. Each named author has substantially contributed to conducting the underlying research and drafting this manuscript.

• Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

• Competing interests JHG has received consultant fees from Abbott Medical, Saluda, and Stratus Medical. JHG receives research support from the Mainstay Medical and SPR Therapeutics. EP has received consultant fees from Abbott/St Jude Medical, Medtronic Neuromodulation, Nevro, Neuros Medical, Saluda, Vertos, and ReNeuron. EP receives research and education support from Nevro, Neuros Medical, ReNeuron, Saluda, and Medtronic Neuromodulation. EP has stock options in SynerFuse. LRT-M, CW, DJ, and GAB wish to declare no competing interests or financial disclosures.

• Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.