Moug, S. J. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9969-9760
Barry, S. J. E.
Maguire, S.
Johns, N.
Dolan, D.
Steele, R. J. C.
Buchan, C.
Mackay, G.
Anderson, A. S.
Mutrie, N.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorate (CZH/4/986)
Article History
Received: 28 April 2020
Accepted: 10 June 2020
First Online: 20 June 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Interim findings were presented as an oral presentation at the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland, Birmingham, UK, July 2018.
: The trial was approved by the West of Scotland Research Ethics Service (14/WS/0079) and registered with ISRCTN (ExternalRef removed, ExternalRef removed).
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants.