Emile, Sameh Hany
Horesh, Nir
Garoufalia, Zoe
Wignakumar, Anjelli
Boutros, Marylise
Wexner, Steven D.
Article History
Accepted: 25 November 2025
First Online: 4 December 2025
Declarations
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: The study did not require ethics committee approval as it was not considered human subject research since it was a retrospective review of de-identified data derived from a public database.
: Dr. Wexner is a consultant for Activ Surgical, Arthex, Baxter, Becton, Dickinson and Co., Intuitive Surgical, OstomyCure, Takeda, and Virtual Ports, has consulting agreements with stock options for consulting with GI View, OstomyCure, and Virtual Ports, is the Data Safety Monitoring Board chair of Polypid, and receives royalties from Intuitive Surgical, Karl Storz Endoscopy America Inc., and Unique Surgical Solutions, LLC. Dr. Emile is a consultant for Becton, Dickinson andCo. Dr. Boutros receives teaching honoraria from Ethicon, Johnson and Johnson.