9.2% (n=16) of attendees of Masters Left Colon: Practicalities, Tips and Tricks You Can't Find in
Textbooks PG Course reported no left (descending and sigmoid) colectomy procedures over prior 3
months of practice, and another 32.4% (n=56) reported only 1-3 cases. At 3-month follow-up survey,
21.7% (n=5) of those responding reported no left (descending and sigmoid) colectomy procedures in the
interval since the annual meeting, and 30.4% (n=7) reported 1-3 procedures.
27.2% (n=47) of attendees of Masters Left Colon: Practicalities, Tips and Tricks You Can't Find in
Textbooks PG Course reported no open left colectomies over the prior 3 months of practice, and
another 48.6% (n=84) reported only 1-3 cases. At 3 month follow up survey, of those responding 43.5%
(n=10) reported no open left colectomy procedures in the interval since the annual meeting, and 43.5%
(n=10) reported 1-3 procedures. Average comfort level for performing an open left colectomy among
attendees of the Masters Left Colon: Practicalities, Tips and Tricks You Can't Find in Textbooks PG Course
was 4.4/5 at 2019 post-meeting analysis and 4.3/5 at 3-month follow-up survey.
24.3% (n=42) of attendees of Masters Left Colon: Practicalities, Tips and Tricks You Can't Find in
Textbooks PG Course reported no laparoscopic or robotic left colectomies over the prior 3 months of
practice, and another 35.3% (n=61) reported only 1-3 cases. Average comfort level for performing a
laparoscopic left colectomy among attendees of the Masters Left Colon: Practicalities, Tips and Tricks
You Can't Find in Textbooks PG Course was 4/5 at 2019 post-meeting analysis and 4.1/5 at 3-month
follow-up survey. Average comfort level for performing a robotic left colectomy among attendees of the
Masters Left Colon: Practicalities, Tips and Tricks You Can't Find in Textbooks PG Course was 2.5/5 at
2019 post-meeting analysis and 2.8/5 at 3-month follow-up survey.
65.1% (n=112) of attendees of Masters Left Colon: Practicalities, Tips and Tricks You Can't Find in
Textbooks PG Course reported no conversion to open approach from laparoscopic or robotic left
colectomy, and another 26.7% (n=46) reported only 1-3 cases. At 3 month follow up survey, of those
responding 73.9% (n=17) reported no conversion to open left colectomy procedures in the interval since
the annual meeting, and 21.7% (n=5) reported 1-3 procedures. Average comfort level for performing a
left colon anastomosis among attendees of the Masters Left Colon: Practicalities, Tips and Tricks You
Can't Find in Textbooks PG Course was 4.3 /5 at the 2019 post-meeting analysis and 4.3 /5 at 3-month
follow up survey.