American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting Abstracts

ABSTRACT

The proceedings contain 6 papers. The topics discussed include transversus abdominis plane block versus local wound infiltration for postoperative pain after laparoscopic colorectal cancer resection a randomized, double-blinded study;mortality and pulmonary complications in emergency general surgery patients with COVID-19 a large international multicenter study;sex differences associate with late microbiome alterations after murine surgical sepsis;should all minimal access surgery be robot-assisted? a systematic review into the musculoskeletal and cognitive demands of laparoscopic and robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery;risk of recurrence after endoscopic resection of nonpedunculated T1 colorectal cancer;and generalizability of randomized controlled trials in rectal cancer.