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Authors
Choksi, Harsham
Klein Nulend, Rowan
Cooper, Tess
Au, Eric
Pleass, Henry
Rogers, Natasha M.
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Funding for this research was provided by:
The University of Sydney
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Article History
Received: 14 March 2026
Accepted: 1 June 2026
First Online: 29 August 2026
Ethics
Acknowledgements: The results of this study were accepted on 8 March 2025 for an e-poster presentation at the 93rd Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 2025 in Sydney, Australia (3–6 May 2025), and for an oral presentation at the 19th World Congress of the International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association Meeting in Pisa, Italy (15–18 June 2025). The authors acknowledge that there is an overlap with material previously presented in Dr H. Choksi’s PhD thesis (University of Sydney, ), on which this work is based.
Data availability: The majority of data supporting the findings of this study are available within the paper and its ESM. The raw data, prior to statistical analysis, are not openly available; however, they can be made accessible from the authors on request for clearly outlined purposes from reputed sources. Data can be made available to researchers requiring further clarification of methodology where appropriate or where quoting/referencing the article where data have not been presented already.
Funding: Open Access funding enabled and organized by CAUL and its Member Institutions.
Authors’ relationships and activities: The authors declare that there are no relationships or activities that might bias, or be perceived to bias, their work.
Contribution statement: HC, TC, EA, HP and NMR were involved in project conception and manuscript writing. HC and TC developed and wrote the protocol. HC and RKN conducted the systematic review process including searching medical databases and extracting selected studies. HC, TC, EA, HP and NMR performed data analysis. HC and NMR wrote the manuscript. All authors had full access to the data, critically reviewed the manuscript and made the decision to submit for publication. HC and NMR accept full responsibility for this work, including the conduct of the study and providing access to the data, and made the decision to publish this work.
