Report from ‘ESCP 2021 Virtual’: the 16th Scientific and Annual Conference of the European Society of Coloproctology, 22–24 September 2021

1ESCP Social Media Committee CoChair, Portsmouth, UK 2Surgical Department, Algarve University Hospital, Portimão, Portugal 3Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida, USA 4Second Propaedeutic Surgery Clinic, Laiko University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece 5Minimally Invasive Surgery Unit, Universitò di Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy 6Gastroenterology Surgery Department, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy 7Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China 8Colorectal Unit, Department of Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 9Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 10Servicio de Coloproctologia, Hospital Clínico San Borja Arriarán, Santiago, Chile 11Department of General Surgery, Hospital L. Sacco, Milan, Italy 12Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Atakent Hospital, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University, Istanbul, Turkey 13Incoming ESCP Communication Committee Chair, Portsmouth, UK 14Newcastle Centre for Bowel Disease Research Group, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK 15ESCP Communication Committee Chair, Portsmouth, UK 16Department of Advanced Medical and Surgical Sciences, Universitá degli Studi della Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’, Naples, Italy 17Colorectal Surgery, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

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