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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.

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Young BJS
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Perioperative cardiac arrest

Armstrong Richard ASoar Jasmeet

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf262

Published date: 1 December 2025

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Acute Care Surgery Education

British Journal of Surgery

Volume : 112

Issue : 12

Page count : 3

Collaborative Research Proceedings
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Multiple primary tumours in early-onset colorectal cancer: deciphering the risk

Rueda Orgaz José A

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf244

Published date: 29 November 2025

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

British Journal of Surgery

Volume : 112

Issue : 12

Page count : 7

Collaborative Research Proceedings
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Optimizing intraoperative conditions in patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery to prevent anastomotic leakage: SmartCheck study

de Wit Anne

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf236

Published date: 1 December 2025

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery Education General Surgery

British Journal of Surgery

Volume : 112

Issue : 12

Page count : 7

Collaborative Research Proceedings
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Relationship between anastomotic technique, incisional hernia, and quality of life—the Minimally Invasive Right Colectomy Anastomosis STudy (MIRCAST)

Gómez Ruiz MarcosCardo Juan García

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf250

Published date: 8 December 2025

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 General Surgery Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

British Journal of Surgery

Volume : 112

Issue : 12

Page count : 8

Systematic Review
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Predictive accuracy of surgeon gestalt for adverse postoperative outcomes: systematic review

Yang Jun JMullan Samuel JRayhan Tahmid MSandhu Ciaran K S SRamaiya Anshu NHeneghan Carl J

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf249

Published date: 29 November 2025

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Acute Care Surgery General Surgery

British Journal of Surgery

Volume : 112

Issue : 12

Page count : 12

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Systematic Review
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Implementation and effectiveness of robot-assisted minimally invasive oesophagectomy (RAMIO): a systematic review using the IDEAL framework

Kuiper Gino MTriemstra Lianneden Boer Robin BBadaloni FrancoGrutters Janneke P CRovers Maroeskavan Hillegersberg RichardRuurda Jelle P

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf265

Published date: 9 December 2025

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery

British Journal of Surgery

Volume : 112

Issue : 12

Page count : 10

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Randomized Clinical Trial
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Effect of standard wound dressing versus prophylactic closed incision negative-pressure therapy on surgical-site infection after open incisional hernia repair: multicentre randomized clinical trial

Marckmann MadsHenriksen Nadia AKrarup Peter-MartinHelgstrand FrederikVester-Glowinski PeterChristoffersen M WKiim Kristian S

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf230

Published date: 29 November 2025

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Hernia General Surgery

British Journal of Surgery

Volume : 112

Issue : 12

Page count : 10

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Original Article
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Magnetic seed versus guidewire-based breast cancer localization with magnetic lymph node detection: cost-minimization analysis

Pantiora EiriniSampaio FilipaJazrawi AllanWärnberg FredrikEriksson StaffanKarakatsanis Andreas

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf253

Published date: 1 December 2025

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Breast Surgery

British Journal of Surgery

Volume : 112

Issue : 12

Page count : 8

Abstract
Original Article
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Treatment strategies for Boerhaave syndrome: multinational retrospective cohort study

Hauge TobiasAbu Hejleh AramAiolfi AlbertoBerlth FelixBonavina LuigiBrake LindaConradi Lena-ChristinD’Journo Xavier BenoitEdholm DavidElliot JessieEshuis WietseFriedrich NoraGisbertz SuzanneGrimminger PeterGutschow Christian AlexanderJoglekar ShantanuKlarenbeek BastiaanKlevebro FredrikKooij Cezanne DLuyer MishaMilazzo AlfioMoletta LuciaMoons JohnnyMoorthy KrishnaMüller-Stich Beat PNienhüser HenrikNafteux PhilippeNezi GiuliaNico RaphaelNeuschütz Kerstin JNieuwenhuijzen GrardRaftery NicolaRenger FranziskaRouvelas IoannisRuurda Jelle PSchneider Marcel APolette Stubb DanielaTodesco AlbanValmasoni Michelevan Berge Henegouwen Mark Ivan Daele Elkevan Hillegersberg Richardvan Hootegem Sander J MVanommeslaeghe HanneVeziant JulieWijnhoven BasVilela João PedroBruns Christiane JNilsson MagnusSchröder Wolfgang

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf260

Published date: 1 December 2025

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery Acute Care Surgery

British Journal of Surgery

Volume : 112

Issue : 12

Page count : 7

Abstract
Original Article
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Major systemic infection following breast cancer surgery and oncological outcomes

Adwall LindaFredriksson IrmaHultin HellaStålberg PeterMani MariaNorlén OlovSackey Helena

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf233

Published date: 2 December 2025

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Breast Surgery

British Journal of Surgery

Volume : 112

Issue : 12

Page count : 10

Abstract
Research Letter
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Delayed gastric emptying after pancreatic cancer surgery impacts time to start of adjuvant treatment but not overall survival: a post-hoc analysis of the PREOPANC-1 and -2 trials

Strijbos Bo T MKraakman ImmeHopstaken Jana Svan Dongen Jelle CJanssen Quisette Pvan Dam Jacob LAkkermans-Vogelaar Janine MBesselink Marc GBonsing Bert ABos HendrikBosscha Koop PBuijsen JeroenBusch Olivier Rvan Dam Ronald MEskens Ferry A L MFesten Sebastiaande Groot Jan W BGroothuis KarinHaberkorn Brigitte C Mde Hingh Ignace H J Tvan der Holt BronnoHoms Marjolein Y Vvan Hooft Jeanin EKarsten Tom MKerver Emile Dvan der Kolk Marion Bvan Laarhoven Cornelis J H MLiem Mike S LLuelmo Saskia A CNeelis Karen JNuyttens JoostPaardekooper Gabriel M R MPatijn Gijs Avan der Sangen Maurice J Cvan Santvoort Hjalmar CStreppel Mirte MSuker MustafaVersteijne EvaVissers Pauline A Jde Vos-Geelen JudithWilmink Johanna WZwinderman Aeilko Hvan Eijck Casper H Jvan Tienhoven GeertjanGroot Koerkamp BasStommel Martijn W JBeerepoot Laurens V

DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znaf261

Published date: 1 December 2025

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery

British Journal of Surgery

Volume : 112

Issue : 12

Page count : 4

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Volume 112, Issue 12

November 2025

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EISSN 1365-2168

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  • Systematic Reviews
  • Randomized Clinical Trial
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