“…Following full text review, 14 articles were excluded due to the following reasons: wrong intervention ( Alexandrou et al., 2014 ; Currie et al., 2004 ; Rochester et al., 2008 ); not a research paper ( Pearce, 2013 ; Spencer and Winkels, 1978 ; Yalamanchi et al., 2021 ); wrong outcome ( Grose et al., 1995 ); the role of the nurse during surgery was unclear ( Beaulieu-Jones et al., 2020 ; Changole et al., 2010 ); and the nurse did not perform surgery ( Beard et al., 2014 ; Moore, 2018 ; Pandian et al., 2011 ; Van Calster et al., 2019 ; Wagonfeld and Murphy, 2006 ). Twenty-five articles ( Bodle et al., 2008 ; Bolme et al., 2020 ; Chan et al., 2020 ; Collins, 2010 ; Chu et al., 2011 ; Duncan et al., 2017 ; Gallagher, 2017 ; Giramonti and Kogan, 2018 ; Godsell, 2005 ; Hickey and Cooper, 2009 ; Hui et al., 2015 ; James and McPhail, 2008 ; Jejeebhoy et al., 2011 ; Kelly et al., 2008 ; Laker-Oketta et al., 2015 ; Lawson et al., 1999 ; Malata, 2018 ; Martin, 2002 ; Michelotti et al., 2014 ; Newey et al., 2006 ; Palmquist, 2010 ; Sapre et al., 2012 ; Sturgess et al., 1996 ; White et al., 1987 ; Williams et al., 2020 ) remained for quality assessment. Immediately, prior to quality assessment, the 25 articles were screened against the parameters of surgery as defined by the World Health Organisation (see Supplementary material 4); none of the 25 articles were removed.…”