Notes
YSC members were assumed representative of the young colorectal surgeon population.
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The authors acknowledge Kristy Conley and Lisa Aguado in the ASCRS Program Office for their kind support of this work and the authors. The authors acknowledge the following for assistance with design and/ or completing the survey: Anuradha Bhama, Ben Abbadessa, Brian Bello, Carrie Peterson, Daniel Klaristenfeld, David Row, Ellen Bailey, Eric Nelson, Jasna Coralic, Jeffrey Barton, Jennifer Davids, Jennifer Agnew, Lisa Cannon, Leandro Feo, Leander Grimm, Manish Chand, Kellie Mathis, Michael Guzman, Pamela Lee, Samuel Eisenstein, Shafik Sidani, Steven Scarcliff, and Heather Yeo.
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Keller, D.S., Zaghiyan, K. & Mizell, J.S. Use of robotic technology: a survey of practice patterns of the ASCRS Young Surgeons Committee. Tech Coloproctol 22, 715–717 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10151-018-1862-6
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