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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 9.4 in 2025. Explore BJS

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Editorial
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Acute limb ischaemia: from neglected emergency to international collaborative action

Sandip NandhraArun D Pherwani

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znag110

Published on: 10 September 2026

Vascular Surgery

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 9

Editorial
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World Prehabilitation Day: advancing surgical optimisation beyond proof of concept

Gabriele BaldiniFrancesco CarliLinda DenehyChelsia GillisSandy JackDenny LevettDaniel I McIsaacDaniel Santa MinaTom ParkingtonRaquel SebioGerrit SlooterDaniel SteffensMalcolm A West

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znag119

Published on: 16 September 2026

General Surgery

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 9

Randomized clinical trial
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A randomised, non-inferiority clinical trial of single-shot intrathecal morphine versus continuous wound infiltration for postoperative pain control after open pancreatoduodenectomy

Soohyuk YoonTaeyup KimHo-Jin LeeNanhee ParkHye-Sol JungYoung Jae ChoWooil KwonJoon Seong ParkChul-Woo JungJin-Young Jang

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znag088

Published on: 06 July 2026

Acute Care Surgery Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 9

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Randomized clinical trial
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Surgical rectus sheath block versus laparoscopic bilateral dual transversus abdominis plane block after minimally invasive colorectal cancer surgery: randomized clinical trial of impact on recovery

Takeharu KatoShunsuke TsukamotoYuri OishiGen TomizawaYudai KumamotoKohei TakuraHiroshi NagataYasuyuki TakamizawaTetsufumi SatoYukihide Kanemitsu

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znag109

Published on: 02 September 2026

Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery General Surgery

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 9

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Standard reporting on duodenal stump leakage after gastric cancer resections: multicentre analysis from the GASTRODATA Study Group (the STARDUST study)

Mattia MolteniFrancesco PuccettiGian Luca BaiocchiGuillaume PiessenWilliam AllumAndrew DaviesArnulf HoelscherInes GockelDaniel ReimPaolo MorgagniUberto Fumagalli RomarioDomenico D’UgoRossella ReddavidGiovanni De ManzoniJohanna van SandickSuzanne GisbertzBas WijnhovenWojciech PolkowskiPiotr KołodziejczykWojciech KielanPaulo Matos da CostaLucio Lara SantosManuel PeraStefan MoenigPaul M SchneiderChristian A GutschowUgo ElmoreRiccardo RosatiLavinia A Barbieri

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znag105

Published on: 01 September 2026

Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery Acute Care Surgery General Surgery

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 9

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Surgical outcomes from nationwide implementation of the international best practice for locally advanced pancreatic cancer (PREOPANC-4) study

Thomas F StoopLeonard W F SeelenFreek R van ‘t LandJacobien C M ScheepensMahsoem AliAnna C van der HoutB Marion van der KolkBert A BonsingDaan J LipsEric R ManusamaFrançois E J A WillemsenFreek DaamsGeert KazemierGijs A PatijnIgnace H de HinghJan H WijsmanJennifer SchreinemakersJoris I ErdmannJ Sven D MieogJoost M KlaaseJudith A C RietjensKoop BosschaLysanne P M BeukMaarten W NijkampMarcel den DulkMarnix P M KopMike S L LiemMisha LuyerMartijn W J StommelOlivier R BuschSebastiaan FestenStefan BouwenseTom M KarstenTom W van RavensUlff P NeumannVincent E de MeijerVincent B NieuwenhuijsWerner A DraaismaWouter DerksenThomas L BollenBas Groot KoerkampCasper H J van EijckI Quintus MolenaarChristopher L WolfgangMarco Del ChiaroMatthew H G KatzThilo HackertJohanna W WilminkHjalmar C van SantvoortRoeland F de WildeMarc G BesselinkAdriënne te Riele

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znag075

Published on: 22 June 2026

Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 9

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Original Article
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Association of infrarenal aortic diameter in siblings within the Stockholm abdominal aortic aneurysm screening programme

Antti SiikaRebecka HultgrenJonas BrinckDaniel P Andersson

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znag108

Published on: 10 September 2026

Vascular Surgery

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 9

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Original Article
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Impact of safe-anastomosis digital training on 30-day anastomotic leak after right colectomy: international prospective cohort study (EAGLE-2)

Elizabeth Li

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znag107

Published on: 11 September 2026

Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery General Surgery Acute Care Surgery

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 9

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Research letter
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Defunctioning stomas and the effect of oral antibiotic bowel preparation in colorectal surgery: a microbiome-based hypothesis

Jack A HelliwellAndrew KirbyCaroline ChiltonHenry WoodPhilip QuirkeDavid G Jayne

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znag102

Published on: 06 August 2026

Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 9

Research Letter
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Development of an artificial intelligence–based model for anatomical recognition during robotic distal pancreatectomy

Koichi TomitaMasashi TakeuchiMichael P KimAdriana C GamboaJessica E MaxwellRebecca A SnyderChing-Wei D TzengMatthew H G KatzNaruhiko Ikoma

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znag115

Published on: 10 September 2026

Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery

BJS

Volume : 113

Issue : 9

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Volume 113, Issue 9

September 2026

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EISSN 1365-2168

  • Editorials
  • Randomized Clinical Trials
  • Original Articles
  • Research Letters