Surgical science


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

Tuft cells in the biliary tree modulate inflammatory responses
18 December 2025
Review of: Contribution of the patient microbiome to surgical site infection and antibiotic prophylaxis failure in spine surgery

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

26 August 2024
Exploring microbial engineering for enhanced mucosal healing in inflammatory bowel disease

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

28 March 2024
Are in vitro chip models the future of necrotizing enterocolitis research?

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

19 September 2023
What happens to adipose tissue after obesity surgery.

What happens to adipose tissue after obesity surgery.

David J. Leishman1 and Sayeed Ikramuddin1
1Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

28 August 2023
The hidden damage of brain injury after intracranial haemorrhage.

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

10 August 2023
A surprising role for enteroendocrine cells and GLP-1 in regulating intestinal inflammation.

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

14 June 2023
Faecal microbiota transplantation unravelled

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.

12 May 2023
Discussion of: decellularized adipose matrices can alleviate radiation-induced skin fibrosis; adv wound care (New Rochelle).

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

12 January 2023
Creeping fat.

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

1 December 2022
Personalized neoadjuvant immunotherapy for stage III malignant melanoma: notes on the PRADO study

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.

7 November 2022
Can Clostridium Difficile infection be prevented?

Can Clostridium Difficile infection be prevented?

Jason Xiao1, John Alverdy11Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, 60637

23 August 2022
The microbiome and surgery: breakthrough or just hype?

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, jalverdy@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu
2Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, bshogan@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu

23 June 2022