Abstracts from the 47<sup>th</sup> Sir Peter Freyer Surgical Symposium 2022.

Ir J Med Sci · 2022 · PMC9734742 · PMID 36471125

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trending towards significancep = 0.07so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

However, the rate of recurrent instability was trending towards significance in favour of the SS group (0% vs 11.7%, p = 0.07).

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

Although it did not reach statistical significance, it warrants further investigation in the setting of colorectal surgery.

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