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Acknowledgments The authors would like to acknowledge the trial participants, Surgeons and Research Nurses for agreeing to be audio-recorded as part of the main trial. Thanks also to Professor Craig Ramsay and Mr Irfan Ahmed the Chief Investigators of the trial. Thanks also to Karen Innes the Trial Manager and Becky Bruce the Data Coordinator for their support of the study. Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was approved through the parent trial from NHS North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee (16/NS/0053). Informed consent was obtained from all participants. Declarations of interest: None. Role of funding source: KG held a Medical Research Council UK Methodology Fellowship during the delivery of this project (MR/L01193X/1). The Health Services Research Unit, Institute of Applied Health Sciences (University of Aberdeen), is core-funded by the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates. The funders had no involvement in study design, collection, analysis and interpretation of data, reporting or the decision to publish. ; Peer reviewed ; Postprint