1 Department of General Surgery, Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York
2 Department of Surgery, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, Vermont
3 Department of Emergency Medicine, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Virginia
4 Department of Anesthesiology, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, Vermont
5 Department of Statistics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
Funding/Support: This research was supported by the Eugene Salvati Grant #097 from the Research Foundation of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.
Financial Disclosures: None reported.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Navy, Department of Defense, or the United States Government.
Research data derived from an approved University of Vermont IRB protocol, number 00000485.
Trial Registration Number: Clinicaltrials.gov registration number NCT 02402543.
Podium presentation at the New England Surgical Society Resident and Fellow Research Day on May 8, 2018. Presented at the meeting of the New England Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, York, ME, May 20 to May 21, 2017. Poster presentation at the meeting of The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Seattle, WA, June 10 to June 14, 2017.
Correspondence: Peter A. Cataldo, M.D., Department of Surgery, University of Vermont Medical Center, 111 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05401. E-mail: [email protected]
