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Kapil Sahnan specialist registrar in

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colorectal surgery , Samuel O Adegbola
specialist
colorectal registrar
surgery
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Phillip J KS
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specialist registrar colorectal surgery ,
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Josef Watfah
emergency
professor
surgeon
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of consultant
surgeon
colorectal
director of St , Mark’s
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surgery,
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Phillips
consultant
Hospital
Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, St Marks Hospital, London SW7 2AZ,
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UK; Northwick Park Hospital, London, UK

Correspondence to: K Sahnan ks303@doctors.org.uk
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Contributors: KS, SA, and PJT conducted the literature review. KS, SA,
and JW wrote the article, and RKSP reviewed the article and made
amendments. KS and RKSP are the guarantors.
Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on
declaration of interests and have no relevant interests to declare.
Provenance and peer review: Not commissioned; externally peer
reviewed.
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