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Happy Diwali from ASCRS! 🪔✨

Wishing everyone celebrating Diwali a joyful holiday filled with light, love, and new beginnings. May this Festival of Lights bring happiness, prosperity, and good health to you and your loved ones.

#Diwali2026

From emerging trends and evolving surgical techniques to important clinical challenges, your perspective could help shape the educational program at the 2028 Annual Scientific Meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Current ASCRS members are invited to submit a proposal for an educational session and bring their ideas to the forefront of colorectal surgery education at #ASCRS28.

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Join us next week for a webinar examining evolving approaches to ileal Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Through expert discussion, panelists will explore the evidence and ongoing debates surrounding Kono-S anastomosis, elemental nutrition, and elective appendectomy, highlighting how emerging research may influence clinical practice and patient care.

🔗 Learn more and register: bit.ly/3VkafVo

"The ASCRS Textbook of Colon and Rectal Surgery" continues to expand its collection of revised chapters, offering updated clinical insights, surgical techniques, and evidence-based perspectives across the specialty.

Explore the latest revisions and revisit the topics that inform your practice on ASCRS U.

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How can clinicians better support patients experiencing changes in bowel function after rectal surgery?

Join us next month for an APP webinar exploring Low Anterior Resection Syndrome (LARS) and ileal J-pouch reconstruction. Through case-based discussion, faculty will examine common postoperative challenges, including urgency, altered bowel habits, and incontinence, while highlighting practical strategies for patient evaluation, counseling, and medical and non-operative management.

🔗 Learn more and register: bit.ly/4AwfYYf