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Established in 1913, BJS is one of the oldest and most respected surgery journals in the world. Focusing on the science of surgery, it includes a mixture of scientific articles, reviews and critical commentary. All published material is subject to rigorous peer review and delivered to the standards expected by a specialist surgeon. BJS received an impact factor of 8.8 in 2024. Explore BJS

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Young BJS
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Anaphylaxis and perioperative drug reactions

Uusalo PanuKuuskoski Ronja

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf287

Published on: January 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 General Surgery Acute Care Surgery Education

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 1

Page count : 4

Young BJS
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Perioperative management of people with diabetes undergoing surgery

Dhatariya Ketan K

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf291

Published on: January 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 General Surgery Endocrine Education

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 1

Page count : 3

The Instrumentalist
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Reflections on the absence of jointed scissors in Greco-Roman surgery

Daoulas ThomasCourtil Jean-ChristopheZanchetta ErikLetissier HoelPardon-Labonnelie Muriel

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf266

Published on: January 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 General Surgery Education

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 1

Page count : 3

Systematic Review
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Impact of surgical non-technical skills on clinical outcomes: systematic review

Norton JoelJanda Allison MHowie EmmaPohl NicoleAbahuje EgideHarrington Steven DPopov VitaliyBauer Tyler MBorges PauloQuerejeta Roca GabrielaMathis Michael RStrobel Raymond JAirhart AustinPham NicoleHarari RyanAwtry Jake APagani Francis DDias Roger DLikosky Donald SYule StevenEpperson T

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf271

Published on: January 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Education

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 1

Page count : 12

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Systematic Review
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Second victim syndrome in surgeons: systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of adverse events on surgeons

Bryan JamesKetley AdeleCavanagh KateBisset CarlyMoug SusanWyld LyndaMorgan Jenna

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf258

Published on: January 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Education Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 1

Page count : 15

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Systematic Review
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Long-term mortality rate after supervised exercise therapy versus early revascularization for intermittent claudication: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Skovbo Joachim SObel Lasse MKrasniqi LytfiLiisberg MadsLindholt Jes S

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf294

Published on: January 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Vascular Surgery

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 1

Page count : 9

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Guideline
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The E-AHPBA—ESSO—Innsbruck consensus recommendations on peri- and postoperative management following liver resection

Maier EvaStättner StefanCarrion-Alvarez LuciaDi Martino MarcelloOlthof PimPrimavesi FlorianSochorova Danavan Laarhoven StijnBalakrishnan AnitaBreitkopf RobertBuis Carlijn ICipriani FedericaErdmann JorisFrampton AdamFuks DavidGilg StefanGulla AisteLancellotti FrancescoMargreiter ChristianMelloul EmmanuelOberkofler ChristianPetritsch StefanRaab HelmutRahbari Nuh NRappold DanielaReiberger ThomasRuzzenente AndreaSallinen VilleSchaefer BenediktSchnitzbauer Andreas ASerrablo AlejandroSoreide KjetilSparrelid ErnestoStarlinger PatrickStavrou Gregor ATinguely PascaleAldrighetti LucaDasari Bobby V MDonadon MatteoDopazo CristinaGruenberger ThomasJonas EduardMalik HassanViganó LucaSiriwardena Ajith KMaglione Manuel

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf272

Published on: January 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 1

Page count : 25

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Randomized Clinical Trial
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Laparoscopic-assisted transversus abdominis plane block versus port-site infiltration in appendicectomy: multicentre randomized clinical trial

Daly Gordon RDowling Gavin PHembrecht SandraO’Grady SorchaHegarty AislingRoche TrudiOrsi GabrielPierre ArielleCalpin Gavin GNeary ColmHehir Cian MHill Gerard JO'Brien AbigailDuggan William PDavey Matthew GStephens Ian J BKennedy Niall DBrennan OisínHayes CathalAl Azzawi MohammedBalasubramanian IshwaryaMcGuire AndrewZaborowski Alexandra MReynolds Ian SLoughlin PaulaAllen MichaelPower ColmButt AbeedaBoland Michael RMcCawley NiamhBurke John PRobb William BMastrosimone AchilleArumugasamy MayilonePrins HugoBeddy DavidKerin Michael JMcNamara Deborah AKearney DavidSorensen JanCurley Gerard FAbd El Wahab SamiHill Arnold D K

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf257

Published on: January 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Acute Care Surgery General Surgery Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 1

Page count : 8

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Randomized Clinical Trial
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Robotic versus laparoscopic minimally invasive inguinal hernia repair: randomized clinical trial (the ROGER trial)

Angehrn Fiorenzo VSüsstrunk JulianSchneider RomanoBaltzer KasparMüller Beat PBaur JohannesSteinemann Daniel C

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf283

Published on: January 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Hernia General Surgery

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 1

Page count : 9

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Randomized Clinical Trial
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Effect of standard versus long alimentary limb distal Roux-en-Y gastric bypass on weight loss and nutritional outcomes at 10 years in patients with BMI 50–60 kg/m2—a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial

Salte Odd BjørnHagen Rolf ESvanevik MariusFagerland Morten WangRisstad HildeHjelmesæth JøranKristinsson Jon ASandbu RuneMala Tom

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf285

Published on: January 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 1

Page count : 9

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Randomized Clinical Trial
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Open excisional haemorrhoidectomy versus transanal haemorrhoidal dearterialization for grade III haemorrhoids: open-label randomized clinical trial

Fernandez-Hurtado IgnacioPages-Valle NailaSarubbo Maria FClaramonte-Bellmunt OlgaBaena-Bradaschia SantiagoCifuentes-Rodenas Jose ASerra-Aracil Xavier

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf282

Published on: January 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 1

Page count : 8

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Original Article
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Parallel Endografting And Chimney Endovascular (PEACE) registry outcomes in emergency repair of complex abdominal aortic aneurysms

Karelis AngelosAdam DonaldPiazza MicheleTinelli GiovanniGallito EnricoMatsagkas MiltiadisMees BarendMani KevinD’Oria MarioMansour WassimCieri EnricoKölbel TiloSonesson BjörnDias Nuno VHusain Abdulrahman

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf278

Published on: January 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Vascular Surgery

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 1

Page count : 11

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Original Article
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Outcomes of endovascular aortic arch repair with an off-the-shelf modular inner branched stent-graft: an IDEAL 2a prospective multicentre trial

Guo WeiRong DanZhang HongkunZhang LeiyangZhuang HuiPeng HuaWu XuejunGong KunmeiWang WeiLi ZhenFu WeiguoZhang XiaomingGuo MingjinChang GuangqiDai XiangchenZuo JianGuo YingqiangChen BingZhang LeiZhang TaoranZhang Hongpeng

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf279

Published on: January 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Vascular Surgery

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 1

Page count : 9

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Original Article
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Circulating tumour DNA in patients with stage III colon cancer: multicentre prospective PROVENC3 study

Rubio-Alarcón CarmenGeorgiadis AndrewFranken Ingrid AWang Haoyuevan Nassau Sietske C M WSchraa Suzanna Jvan der Kruijssen Dave E Wvan Rooijen KarlijnLinders Theodora CDelis-van Diemen PienAlkemade MaartjeBolijn AnneTijssen MarianneLemmens MargrietMeiqari LanaKetelaars Steven L CClosa-Mosquera Adriavan Dongen Miranda M WLanfermeijer MirtheLissenberg-Witte Birgit IBosch Linda J WBisschop-Snetselaar TeuniseAdriaans Bregje CGreer AmyRiley DavidWhite James RGreco ChristopherCox LiamFox JesseVictor KaitlinLeech CatherineAngiuoli Samuel VKok Niels F MPunt Cornelis J Avan den Broek DaanKoopman MiriamMeijer Gerrit AVelculescu Victor ERoodhart Jeanine M LCoupé Veerle M HSausen MarkVink Geraldine RFijneman Remond J ALos M

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf281

Published on: January 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 1

Page count : 10

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Research Letter
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Impact of postoperative complications on cost and length of stay: multicentre prospective clinical study

Hedou JulienMendes GwendolineBellan GrégoireEl Khoury DanielVerdonk Franck

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf290

Published on: January 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 General Surgery

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 1

Page count : 2

Research Letter
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Implementation of a perioperative protocol for parathyroidectomy reduces postoperative hypocalcaemia and healthcare utilization

Dahmen Pieter C RHol Jeroen CFeenstra JohannesFrancken Anne Brechtvan Dalsen Annette D

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf301

Published on: January 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Endocrine

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 1

Page count : 2

Reeltime Surgery
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A novel retromuscular Sugarbaker technique for parastomal hernia prevention in end colostomy: combination of laparoscopic posterior component separation and extraperitoneal bowel pull-through

Xiao JianlinMeng WenjianWang Ziqiang

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf252

Published on: January 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 1

Page count : 2

Randomized Clinical Trial
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Health-related quality of life of patients undergoing active surveillance versus standard surgery for oesophageal cancer (SANO trial)

Gangaram Panday Sanjiv S Gvan der Wilk Berend JEyck Ben MLagarde Sjoerd MRosman CamielNoordman Bo JValkema Maria JBisseling Tanya MCoene Peter-Paul L Ovan Det Marc JDekker Jan W Tvan Dieren Jolanda MDoukas Michailvan Esser StijnFiets W EdwardHartgrink Henk HHeisterkamp JoosHolster I LisanneHusson OlgaKlarenbeek BastiaanKouw EvaKouwenhoven Ewout ALuyer Misha DMostert BiancaNieuwenhuijzen Grard A POostenbrug Liekele EPierie Jean-Pierrevan Sandick Johanna WSosef Meindert NSpaander Manon C WSteyerberg Ewout WValkema Roelfvan der Zaag Edwin SLingsma Hester Fvan Klaveren Davidvan Lanschot J Jan BWijnhoven Bas P LKoch Arjun D

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf286

Published on: January 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 1

Page count : 9

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Original Article
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Performance indicators for organ donation and transplantation programmes in Europe: modified Delphi consensus study

Streit SimonWharton GeorgeMah Jasminevan Kessel RobinPrionas ApostolosJohnston-Webber CharlotteBoletis JohnDomínguez-Gil BeatrizForsberg AnnaFrança AnaGardiner DaleJeurissen PatrickPapanicolas IrenePearcey OliverRasmussen AllanRomagnoli JacopoMossialos EliasPapalois Vassilios

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf293

Published on: January 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Transplantation

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 1

Page count : 13

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Needle Point
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Why the European Union urgently needs guidelines for the safe implementation of artificial intelligence in surgery

Gumbs Andrew A

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf298

Published on: January 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Experimental Science Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery General Surgery Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 1

Page count : 4

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Volume 113, Issue 1

January 2026

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EISSN 1365-2168

  • Young BJS
  • The Instrumentalist
  • Systematic Reviews
  • Guideline
  • Randomized Clinical Trials
  • Original Articles
  • Research Letters
  • Reeltime Surgery