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A survey on practices for parastomal hernia prevention and repair among ESCP surgeons

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The authors would like to thank the European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) for their support and all the members who answered the survey.

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All the authors have completed the ICMJE COI forms. MIA declares no conflict of interest. IRP reports personal fees from Medtronic, personal fees from MSD, outside the submitted work. NS reports grants from UK National Institute of Health Research, during the conduct of the study; personal fees from Medtronic, personal fees from WL Gore, outside the submitted work. BS declares no conflict of interest.

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Aslam, M.I., Rubio-Perez, I., Smart, N.J. et al. A survey on practices for parastomal hernia prevention and repair among ESCP surgeons. Hernia 23, 825–828 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-019-01921-z

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