Emile, Sameh Hany
Horesh, Nir
Oosenbrug, Marcus
Salama, Ebram
Wignakumar, Anjelli
Strassmann, Victor
Wexner, Steven D. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8046-5753
Article History
Received: 14 July 2025
Accepted: 2 October 2025
First Online: 16 October 2025
Declarations
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: 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. Drs. Emile, Horesh, Oosenbrug, Salama, Wignakumar and Strassmann do not report any conflicts of interest.
: The study was not considered human subject research as it was a retrospective review of de-identified data from a national database; therefore, ethics approval was not required. Given the retrospective nature of the study, we did not involve patients or the public in the design, conduct, or reporting of the study.