Milan prize winners were Jim Tiernan (Best Paper), Gonzalo Martin-Martin (Best Lunchtime Poster) and Evangelos Xynos (Best New Trial).
 Jim Tiernan
Jim Tiernan
Jim won the Best Paper award for his presentation on ‘Haemorrhoidal artery ligation versus rubber band ligation: results and economic analysis of a multicentre, randomised controlled trial.’
Gonzalo Martin-Martin
Gonzalo was winner of the Best Lunchtime Poster Award for his paper on ‘Perfusion Assessment in Colorectal Anastomosis using fluorescence: a prospective study of diagnostic accuracy and clinical impact.'
Evangelos Xynos

Evangelos won the Best New Trial award for his presentation on ‘Preparation with mechanical bowel cleansing or/and oral antibiotics or nothing for elective colorectal surgery Two-Two-Arm Multicentre Randomised Controlled Studies (MECCLAND –C and –R Trials)’
