Parsons, Nick R.
Stallard, Nigel
Parsons, Helen
Haque, Aminul
Underwood, Martin
Mason, James
Khan, Iftekhar
Costa, Matthew L.
Griffin, Damian R.
Griffin, James
Beard, David J.
Cook, Jonathan A.
Davies, Loretta
Hudson, Jemma
Metcalfe, Andrew
Funding for this research was provided by:
UK National Institute for Health Research, Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme (16/61 Evaluation of new surgical procedures through the use of novel study designs, 16/61 Evaluation of new surgical procedures through the use of novel study designs, 16/61 Evaluation of new surgical procedures through the use of novel study designs, 16/61 Evaluation of new surgical procedures through the use of novel study designs, 16/61 Evaluation of new surgical procedures through the use of novel study designs, 16/61 Evaluation of new surgical procedures through the use of novel study designs, 16/61 Evaluation of new surgical procedures through the use of novel study designs, 16/61 Evaluation of new surgical procedures through the use of novel study designs)
Article History
Received: 16 June 2022
Accepted: 16 September 2022
First Online: 1 October 2022
Declarations
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: WAT (ISRCTN33354155) obtained ethical approval on 9 May 2007 from the Coventry Research Ethics Committee (ref:07/Q2802/26). DRAFFT (ISRCTN31379280) obtained ethical approval on 1 February 2010 from Coventry Research Ethics Committee (ref:10/H1210/10). WOLLF (ISRCTN33756652) obtained ethical approval on 6 February 2012 from National Research Ethics Committee (NRES) West Midlands-Coventry and Warwickshire (ref:12/WM/0001). FASHION (ISRCTN64081839) obtained ethical approval on 12 February 2012 (ref:11/WM0389) and on 1 May 2014 (ref:14/WM/0124) from the Edgbaston Research Ethics Committee. CSAW (ISRCTN33864128) obtained ethical approval on 2 February 2012 from the NRES South Central-Oxford B Research Ethics Committee (ref:12/SC/0028). FIXDT (ISRCTN99771224) obtained ethical approval from NRES Committee West-Midlands, 6 November 2012 (ref:12/WM/0340). TOPKAT (ISRCTN03013488) obtained ethical approval from the NRES, Oxfordshire REC C in September 2009 (ref:09/H0606/88). All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations, and all experimental protocols were approved by the named institutional committees. Informed consent was obtained from all participants and/or their legal guardian(s).
: Not applicable.
: All authors have previously received or are currently in receipt of funding from the UK National Institute of Health Research (NIHR).