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Iman Bayat, MBBS, MRCS(Eng), FRACS(Vasc) Head of Vascular Surgery Unit, Department of Vascular Surgery, Northern Health, The Northern Hospital; Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon, Northern Health and Austin Health; Visiting Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Bendigo Health, Australia

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The Chief Editor would like to acknowledge the assistance of Dr Gurushankari Balakrishnan, Surgical Oncology Resident, Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, Chennai, India; and of Dr Mohsina Subair, former Senior Resident, Department of Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India, in updating the review of this article.

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