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BJS Open was first published in 2017 and has since established itself as a leading open access journal for surgical research. It includes a similar range of content to BJS, covering all aspects of general surgery. All submitted manuscripts undergo peer review, with the additional opportunity to publish research open access. BJS Open received an impact factor of 4.5 in 2024. Explore BJS Open

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Invited Commentary
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Early rectal cancer: are we overstaging and overtreating?

Kenneth M Keogh

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag004

Published on: 31 March 2026

Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

Systematic Review
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Effectiveness of interventions delivered within inpatient perioperative care in adults undergoing surgery: scoping review of systematic reviews

Charlotte DaviesIsobel ReadPenny SucharitkulRonelle MoutonRobert Hinchliffe

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag013

Published on: 27 March 2026

General Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

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Systematic Review
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Comparative outcomes of arteriovenous fistulas and grafts in haemodialysis: meta-analysis with subgroup analysis by fistula type and transposition status

Chiehlun YangWenhsing YangLeijuan XiaoRunzhang ZhuXiaofeng LiErqing XiangHongying WangJizhuang LouZhanhui Gao

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf165

Published on: 01 April 2026

Vascular Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

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Systematic Review
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Upper gastrointestinal cancer risk following bariatric surgery: meta-analysis

Heather CookeRhea HarewoodNaveed HossainAmanda J CrossGwen A Murphy

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag006

Published on: 06 April 2026

General Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

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Systematic Review
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Association of the gut microbiome to colorectal anastomotic leakage: systematic review

Peter H CashinSara ArturssonFilip SköldbergÅsa Melhus

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag005

Published on: 08 April 2026

Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery General Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

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Review Article
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Exploring effective strategies in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusivity in surgery: scoping review

Afroza SharminRawan AhmedAlexander W Phillips

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag020

Published on: 13 April 2026

Education

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

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Systematic Review
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Weight-based dosing of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis in patients with obesity: meta-analysis

Hiske HuismanKarlijn HuininkNathan BontekoningStijn W de JongeGerjon HanninkPaulina SalminenMarja A Boermeester

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag015

Published on: 17 April 2026

General Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

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Systematic Review
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Video-assisted anal fistula treatment for complex anorectal fistula: meta-analysis

Wenjing WangYu DuYiwei WangJingming Zhao

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag024

Published on: 21 April 2026

Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery General Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

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Systematic Review
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Differences in recovery time between trapeziectomy and carpometacarpal joint replacement: meta-analysis

Lauren Y ChongOlivia J HartrickChetan KhatriCiaran SandhuSumedh BeleJeremy RodriguesConrad Harrison

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag040

Published on: 29 April 2026

Plastic Surgery Orthopaedics

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

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Review Article
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Diagnosis and treatment of primary soft tissue sarcomas: comprehensive review

Fahima DossaEldad ElnekaveAisha B MiahCatherine MitchellSarah WatsonAlessandro GronchiMarco Fiore

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf177

Published on: 09 March 2026

Education General Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

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Review Article
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Importance of early postoperative mobilization: comprehensive review

Abdulaziz AlsuwaylihiDominic O’ConnorGirish P JoshiHenrik KehletDileep N Lobo

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag016

Published on: 24 March 2026

General Surgery Acute Care Surgery Education

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

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Randomized Clinical Trial
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Efficacy and safety of intraoperative hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for locally advanced colorectal cancer (HIPECT4): final analysis of randomized clinical trial

Alvaro Arjona-SánchezAlberto Gutiérrez-CalvoJuan J Segura-SampedroRafael MoralesEstibalitz Pérez-ViejoVanessa Concepción-MartínSusana Sánchez-GarcíaAlfonso García-FadriqueIsabel Prieto-NietoLana BijelicJuan Torres-MeleroMaria Ramirez-FaracoArancha Prada-VillaverdeJoaquin Carrasco-CamposManuel Artiles-ArmasPedro Villarejo-CamposGloria Ortega-PérezEnrique Boldo-RodaJuan M Sánchez-HidalgoAngela Casado-AdamLidia Rodríguez-OrtizBlanca Rufian-AndújarEnrique ArandaMaria T Cano-OsunaCesar Díaz-LópezAntonio Romero-RuizMaria Carmen Vazquez-BorregoSebastian Rufián-Peña

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag002

Published on: 27 March 2026

Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

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Randomized Clinical Trial
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Scheduled intravenous acetaminophen versus thoracic epidural analgesia for postoperative pain control after minimally invasive gastrectomy: multicentre randomized non-inferiority trial

Jun KinoshitaSaki HayashiToshikatsu TsujiHideki MoriyamaYuki YamazakiYuto KitanoTomoya TsukadaMasahide KajiTakahisa YamaguchiShinichi KadoyaYasumichi YagiMasanari ShimadaShingo SogaSachio FushidaTakumi TaniguchiNoriyuki Inaki

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag031

Published on: 27 April 2026

Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

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Original Article
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Unplanned intensive care unit admission after elective colon cancer resection: population-based registry study

Sofia DahlbergTomas VedinIngvar SykEmma LarssonNiklas NielsenHenrik Bergenfeldt

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf178

Published on: 09 March 2026

General Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

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Original Article
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Recurrence and patient reported outcomes after simultaneous bilateral versus unilateral groin hernia repair: prospective nationwide cohort study

Ramia StoltHanna de la CroixHenrik HolmbergMaria MelkemichelAgneta MontgomeryBenedit WitermarkPär Nordin

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag011

Published on: 11 March 2026

Hernia General Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

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Original Article
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Muscle damage in oblique lumbar interbody fusion and unilateral biportal endoscopic-transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for single-level lumbar degeneration diseases: retrospective cohort study

Tangyiheng ChenXin WangRenjie LiSen YangXuefeng LiYi ZhuHong ZhouYing ZhuangHan SunWeimin JiangYijie Liu

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf182

Published on: 14 March 2026

Orthopaedics

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

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Original Article
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Liver resection versus transarterial chemoembolization plus PD-1 inhibitors and lenvatinib for hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumour thrombus

Bin GuoShaliheng YerkenChu LuoZhicheng LiuShenjie XieYang WuYongyi ZengHui ZhangChangzhen ShangGuandou YuanEnyu LiuFan ZhangWanguang Zhang

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag007

Published on: 23 March 2026

Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

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Clinical implications of an intraoperative margin-positive distal bile duct in perihilar cholangiocarcinoma: international multicentre cohort study

Hasan Ahmad Al-SaffarBritte H E A ten HaaftRebecca MarinoMario De BellisPim B OlthofSondre BusundNicolai A SchultzStefan GilgAndrea RuzzenenteBas Groot KoerkampJoris I ErdmannFrancesca RattiSheraz YaqubHans-Christian PommergaardChristian Sturesson

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag010

Published on: 23 March 2026

Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

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Impact of socioeconomic deprivation in patients undergoing elective surgical resection for colon cancer

Sophie M TaitLucia ChungPaul G HorganCampbell S D RoxburghDonald C McMillanAllan M Golder

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag014

Published on: 23 March 2026

General Surgery Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

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Original Article
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Postpancreatectomy diarrhoea: prospective, single-centre longitudinal analysis of incidence, risk factors, management, and impact on quality of life.

Giampaolo PerriLivia ZornettaRiccardo PellegriniPietro RigoNicola CanitanoDomenico BassiPatrizia BurraUmberto CilloGiovanni Marchegiani

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag017

Published on: 24 March 2026

Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

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Original Article
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Acute kidney injury after major hepatectomy: association with postoperative complications and post-hepatectomy liver failure

Oskar SwartlingTim ReeseKristina HasselgrenJennie EngstrandAnna Emilia KernRuth BaumgartnerPoya GhorbaniPer SandströmErnesto SparrelidKarl J OldhaferBergthor BjörnssonStefan Gilg

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag018

Published on: 24 March 2026

Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

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Meta-core outcome set for randomized trials and clinical practice for curative surgical oncology: patient and healthcare consensus statement

Joel TayJane BlazebyDeclan DevaneYoon LokeAoife LoweryAdam O’NeillCatherine RobinsonCeri SteeleBilal AlkhaffafJamie Kirkham

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag019

Published on: 24 March 2026

General Surgery Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery Breast Surgery Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery Urology

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

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Impact of surgeon caseload, case mix, and team composition on gender disparities in cholecystectomy outcomes

My BlohmRiccardo LoMartireGabriel SandblomLars EnochssonJohanna Österberg

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf179

Published on: 27 March 2026

Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery Education

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

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Accuracy and variability of locoregional staging in T1 rectal cancer: nationwide multicentre cohort study

Maria Daca-AlvarezCristina ManzottiDiana ZaffalonIsabel PortilloLuis BujandaInés Gil-LasaGemma Ibañez-SanzXavier SanjuanAlberto Herreros-de-TejadaInmaculada SalcesLara AguileraMarta PonceÁngeles PizarroDavid BarqueroIgnasi PuigPilar Diez RedondoFernando Martínez de JuanVictor Jair MoralesMarco AlburquerqueSalvador MachlabAngel FerrandezBeatriz PeñasAlvaro Díaz-GonzálezLluïsa SargatalRodrigo JoverLuis HernandezAlberto Pérez PedrosaEva MusulenGoretti HernandezMarita TrellesAkiko OnoJorge Lopez VicenteRaquel BravoJuan R AyusoAngels GinésKarmele Saez de GordoaMiriam CuatrecasasMaria PelliséG Casanova

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag003

Published on: 31 March 2026

Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

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Original Article
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Waiting for cholecystectomy: determinants of prioritization for delayed cholecystectomy in a universal public healthcare system—post hoc analysis of RELAPSTONE cohort (WAIT-CHOL study)

Raúl VelamazánDaniel OyónJuan Lerma-IruretaPablo López-GuillénSamuel J Martínez-DomínguezAnna ArnauDaniel Abad BarojaLara M Ruiz-BelmonteJavier Tejedor-TejadaRaul ZapaterNoelia Martín-VicentePedro José Fernández-EsparciaAna Belén Julián GomaraVioleta Sastre LozanoJuan José Manzanares GarcíaIrene Chivato Martín-FalquinaLaura Andrés PascualNuria Torres MonclusNatividad Zaragoza VelascoEukene RojoPablo Cañamares-OrbísLaura Pardo GrauMaría Vaamonde LorenzoArantzazu Izagirre ArostegiVirginia FloresArantxa Diaz GomezAna Garcia Garcia de ParedesBerta Lapeña-MuñozGuillermo García-RayadoJudith Millastre BocosVicente BorregoCarlos SostresAngel LanasJose Manuel RamiaEnrique de-Madaria

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag021

Published on: 15 April 2026

Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

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Sleep apnoea in patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery: prospective cohort study

Martin ClaessonEva LindbergCarin SahlinAnders BlombergMarkku M HaapamäkiMalin SundJohan SvenssonJenny Theorell-HaglöwMalin Jonsson FagerlundKarl A Franklin

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag025

Published on: 15 April 2026

Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

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Original Article
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Development and validation of a short version of the MD Anderson Symptom Inventory for upper gastrointestinal surgery (short-MDASI-UGI-Surg) for postoperative patient-reported outcome-based care

Taisuke ImamuraKoichi TomitaPaula Marincola SmithMaho TakayamaAnneliese HierlXin Shelley WangLoretta A WilliamsKyle G MitchellRavi RajaramDavid RiceWayne HofstetterMara B AntonoffReza MehranAra VaporciyanGarrett WalshJessica E MaxwellRebecca A SnyderMichael P KimChing-Wei D TzengPaul MansfieldStephen SwisherJeffrey E LeeBrian D BadgwellMatthew H G KatzNaruhiko Ikoma

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag026

Published on: 15 April 2026

General Surgery Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

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Original Article
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Sleeve gastrectomy versus Roux-en-Y-gastric bypass in patients with body mass index over 50 kg/m2: international multicentre cohort

Lars KollmannIlan RosenblumAdisa PoljoPascal ProbstMarkus K MullerPiotr KalinowskiMuhammed S DalkılıçAbdullah ŞişikJohanna BetzlerMirko OttoStephanie Taha-MehlitzBeat P MüllerDaniel M FreyBassey EnodienEmanuel BurriReinhard StollOtto KollmarRobert RosenbergFlorian PonholzerJohan Friso LockSven FlemmingErik StenbergJohan OttossonEllen AnderssonTorsten OlbersRalph PeterliFlorian SeyfriedAnas Taha

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag028

Published on: 29 April 2026

General Surgery Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

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Original Article
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Quality metrics for perioperative red blood cell transfusion in gastrointestinal cancer surgery: international Delphi consensus

Julie HalletJesse ZuckermanFrances C WrightJeannie CallumAlyson L MaharAlexis F TurgeonAsim AlamJessica ArmahGiovanni MarchegianiDavid CavallucciGuillaume MartelRay Deobald

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag032

Published on: 29 April 2026

Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery General Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

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Research Letter
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Impact of glycaemic control on complication rates after breast reconstruction

Samuel A KnoedlerVictoria KongJulius M WirtzLeonard KnoedlerAdriana C PanayiThomas SchaschingerAmir K BigdeliGabriel HundeshagenOmar AllamFortunay DiattaMartin Kauke-Navarro

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag012

Published on: 09 March 2026

Breast Surgery Plastic Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

Research Letter
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Modelling partial hepatectomy in tumour- and cirrhosis-bearing livers: impact of ischaemia and hyperaemia on regeneration and injury

Albert Caballeria-CasalsFrancisco SanusCristina Maroto-SerratAnabel Fernández-IglesiasSergi Guixé-MuntetCarmen PeraltaJordi Gracia-Sancho

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag034

Published on: 15 April 2026

Experimental Science

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

Correction
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Correction to: Comparison of two bundles for reducing surgical site infection in colorectal surgery: multicentre cohort study

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag009

Published on: 05 March 2026

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

Correction
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Correction to: Clinical guidelines for complex extremity war wound management: update and consensus using a mixed-method approach

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag029

Published on: 18 March 2026

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Volume : 10

Issue : 2

Correction
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Correction to: The evolving concept of conversion surgery for upfront unresectable upper gastrointestinal and hepato-pancreato-biliary cancers: comprehensive review

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag008

Published on: 03 April 2026

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Volume : 10

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Volume 10, Issue 2

April 2026

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EISSN 2474-9842

  • Invited Commentary
  • Systematic Reviews
  • Review Articles
  • Randomized Clinical Trials
  • Original Articles
  • Research Letters
  • Corrections