“…Some of the most common surgical procedures that patients underwent were low anterior resection, colectomy and abdominoperineal resection (see Table 2). Most interventions were delivered in academic (Arslan et al., 2020; Chadi et al., 2014; Cima et al., 2013; Curchod et al., 2022; Curran et al., 2019; Forsmo et al., 2016; Han et al., 2021; Keenan et al., 2014, 2015; Martinez et al., 2020; Pan et al., 2015; Park et al., 2020; Poehnert et al., 2017; Tanner et al., 2016; Wierdak et al., 2021) and tertiary facilities (Carrano et al., 2021; Chadi et al., 2014; Cima et al., 2013; D'Souza et al., 2019; Keenan et al., 2014, 2015; Martinez et al., 2020; Ocaña Jiménez et al., 2019; Park et al., 2020; Poehnert et al., 2017; Wierdak et al., 2021). The units where interventions/quality improvement initiatives were delivered were surgical (Hewitt et al., 2017; Pellino, Sciaudone, Candilio, de Fatico, et al., 2014; Selvaggi et al., 2014; Watanabe et al., 2017), colorectal (Gorgun et al., 2018; Pan et al., 2015; Shakeshaft et al., 2020), gastroenterology (Han et al., 2021) and general surgical units (Arslan et al., 2020).…”