Surgical science
The surgical science section is produced following a review of the best basic science journals published in English worldwide.

Diet, inflammation and microbial genotoxins: modifiable drivers of colorectal cancer
Shalmali Dharmadhikari, Susan Galandiuk

Tuft cells in the biliary tree modulate inflammatory responses
Louise L. Pontoppidan, Anders R. Knudsen

Pathogens, antibodies and graft fate: a translational perspective on pseudomonas aeruginosa in lung transplantation
Kentaro Noda, PhD, Pablo G. Sanchez, MD PhD FACS

Review of: Contribution of the patient microbiome to surgical site infection and antibiotic prophylaxis failure in spine surgery
F.F. van den Berg1, M.A. Boermeester2
1Department of Medical Microbiology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2Department of Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Exploring microbial engineering for enhanced mucosal healing in inflammatory bowel disease
Kamacay Cira, MD; Philipp-Alexander Neumann, MD
Department of Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar, TUM School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Are in vitro chip models the future of necrotizing enterocolitis research?
Ioannis A. Ziogas, MD, MPH, Ankush Gosain, MD, PhD Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA

What happens to adipose tissue after obesity surgery.
David J. Leishman1 and Sayeed Ikramuddin1
1Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

The hidden damage of brain injury after intracranial haemorrhage.
Jessie W Ho1, Zaiba Shafik Dawood1, Hasan B Alam1
1Department of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
Corresponding Author:
Hasan B. Alam, MD, FACS
Loyal and Edith Davis Professor of Surgery, and Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology
Chair, Department of Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Surgeon-in-Chief, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Funding: None
Conflict of Interest: The authors declare no conflicts of interest
Data availability: N/A

A surprising role for enteroendocrine cells and GLP-1 in regulating intestinal inflammation.
Carla Lopez, Chhinder P. Sodhi, David J. Hackam
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University

Faecal microbiota transplantation unravelled
Hugo Armand Roberto Sivov BA&Sc1, Florine Helene Zwezerijnen-Jiwa MD1,2,3, James Kinross MD, PhD1,*
1Department of Surgery and Cancer, St. Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College London, London W2 1NY, UK
2Tytgat Institute for Liver and Intestinal Research, Amsterdam Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1105 BK Amsterdam, The Netherlands
3Department of Gastroenterology, Amsterdam Medical Centres, University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
*Corresponding Author:
Dr. James Kinross, department of Surgery and Cancer, St. Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College London, 10th Floor QEQMW, Praed Street, London, W2 1NY, UK
Funding Sources: Marie-Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 814168.

Discussion of: decellularized adipose matrices can alleviate radiation-induced skin fibrosis; adv wound care (New Rochelle).
Kanad Ghosh, MD1; Hannes Prescher, MD1; Summer E. Hanson, MD, PhD, FACS1
1Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences, Chicago, IL, 60637

Creeping fat.
Alyson Kim BA1; Lillias H. Maguire, MD2,3
Affiliations:
1 Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2 Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
3 Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Personalized neoadjuvant immunotherapy for stage III malignant melanoma: notes on the PRADO study
1Aikaterini Dedeilia, M.D, 2Genevieve Boland, MD, PhD
1Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Surgical Oncology Research Laboratories; Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital; Research Fellow in Surgery, Harvard Medical School.
2Vice Chair of Research, Department of Surgery; Section Head, Melanoma/Sarcoma Surgery; Surgical Director, Termeer Center for Targeted Therapies; Director, Surgical Oncology Research Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School.

Can Clostridium Difficile infection be prevented?
Jason Xiao1, John Alverdy11Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60637

The microbiome and surgery: breakthrough or just hype?
John C. Alverdy MD FACS FSIS1, Benjamin Shogan MD2
1Sarah and Harold Lincoln Thompson Professor Executive Vice Chair
Chicago, Illinois, @JCAlvery,
2Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine,


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