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Acknowledgments The authors thank John Norrie for advice regarding the reporting of the study, and clinical staff in the Department of General Surgery, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, for helping with the conduct of the study. This work was supported by a Grant from the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) of the Scottish Government Health Directorates (Grant Number reference CZG/2/498). Jonathan A. Cook held a Medical Research Council, UK, training fellowship (G0601938) while this research was undertaken. The Health Services Research Unit is funded by the CSO of the Scottish Government Health Directorates. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and may not necessarily be shared by the funding bodies. The study was overseen by an Advisory Group comprising Professor Marion Campbell (Director, Health Services Research Unit, Aberdeen), Professor John Norrie (CHaRT Director) and Professor Craig Ramsay (Health Care Assessment Programme Director, Health Services Research Unit, Aberdeen). Professor W. Alastair Chambers was the independent chair of the Trial Steering Committee. Contributing surgeons to the SCARLESS study (in alphabetical order): Bassam Alkari, Emad Aly, Norman Binnie, Duff Bruce, Jan Jansen, Peter King, Tim MacAdam, Aileen McKinley, Terry O'Kelly, Ken Park, Abdul Qadir. The National Health Service provided support through the contribution of the following research nurses: Anu Joyson, Hazel Forbes, and Julie Shotton. ; Peer reviewed ; Publisher PDF

UK National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment Programme. Acknowledgments We thank the women who participated in the HEALTH study. We also thank Angela Hyde (Vice Chair of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Women's Network until September, 2015, and co-applicant on the original grant application until October, 2016) for her contribution to the design of the participant facing documents and participation in trial meetings from the perspective of a patient, Jonathan Cook (statistician and co-applicant on the original grant application until April, 2014) for his contributions to the study design, Rebecca Bruce for her secretarial support and data management, members of the project management group for their ongoing advice and support of the trial, plus the independent members of the trial steering committee (Henry Kitchener [Chair], Patrick Chien, Barbara Farrell, and Isobel Montgomery) and data monitoring committee (Jane Norman [Chair], Peter O'Donovan, and Andy Vail), and the staff at the recruitment sites who facilitated recruitment, treatment, and follow-up of trial participants. The project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment Programme (project number 12/35/23). The Health Services Research Unit and the Health Economics Research Unit are funded by the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the UK Department of Health and Social Care. ; Peer reviewed ; Publisher PDF