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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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Editorial
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Endocrine and breast surgery in 2025: BJS Open highlights and editor's choices

Sadowski Samira M

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf183

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Breast Surgery Endocrine

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 2

Editorial
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BJS Open 2025 best colorectal surgery articles: editors’ choices

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf181

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 1

Editorial
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BJS Open 2025 best HPB surgery articles: editors’ choices

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf184

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 2

Systematic Review
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Cost analyses in randomized trials on robot-assisted surgery: systematic review

Bosscha Sterre R JAmiri RawinJamaludin FaridiRovers MaroeskaBesselink Marc Gvan Hilst Jony

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf161

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 General Surgery

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 11

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Systematic Review
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Postoperative chyle leak after pancreatic surgery: scoping review

Rebelo ArturRauchbach EnzoKleeff JörgKlose Johannes

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf146

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery General Surgery

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 9

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Systematic Review
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Effect of preoperative prehabilitation on the 6-minute walk distance and postoperative outcomes in adult patients: meta-analysis

Díaz-Vidal PabloGil-Casado CristinaFernández-Vázquez UxíaDiz-Ferreira EvaLuna-Rojas PedroDiz José Carlos

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf162

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Cardiothoracic Surgery General Surgery Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 11

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Systematic Review
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Impact of preoperative weight-loss interventions on outcomes after elective non-bariatric surgery: meta-analysis

Wang DanniBuczacki Simon J AGu QiufengLiao ZhengmeiJiang YanliWest SamKoutoukidis Dimitrios A

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag001

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 General Surgery Hernia Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery Orthopaedics Transplantation Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 13

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Randomized Clinical Trial
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Reinforced tension-line suture after laparotomy: long-term results of Rein4CeTo1 randomized clinical trial

Wenzelberg Charlotta LRogmark PederEkberg OllePetersson UlfRönnow Carl-Fredrik

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf150

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 General Surgery Hernia Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 8

Abstract
Original Article
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Long-term outcomes of Lichtenstein and laparoscopic primary unilateral inguinal hernia repair: registry-based propensity score-matched analysis

Albrecht Hendrik CTrawa MateuszZimniak LennartAdolf DanielaKöckerling FerdinandGretschel Stephan

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf134

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 General Surgery Hernia

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 8

Abstract
Original Article
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Impact of prehabilitation on patient-perceived quality of recovery after surgery: prospective cohort study

Dana FernandoGonzález-Colom RubènTena BeatrizCapitán DavidMomblan DulceCampero BetinaGarcía Lopez LauraUbré MartaSebio-García RaquelZabalegui AdelaidaMartinez-Palli GracielaMartínez-Pallí Graciela

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf156

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 9

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Original Article
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Effect of hospital volume on gastric cancer resection outcome in Switzerland: 24-year nationwide retrospective analysis

Gerber Joël LMüller MartinBerger Martin DBorbély Yves MCandinas DanielKröll Dino

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf157

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 8

Abstract
Original Article
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Comparative effectiveness of preoperative localization techniques for non-palpable breast lesions: multicentre real-world study

Corsi FabioAlbasini SaraPelizzola MatildeMorasso CarloArmatura GiuliaAsaro AlessandroChiappa CorradoColi VirginiaCombi FrancescaDella Valle AngelicaDi Giacomo RaimondoFolli SecondoGasparri Maria LuisaGrassi Massimo MariaMancini StefanoMaugeri IlariaMelina MaricaPapadia AndreaRossi LorenzoRoveda LauraRovera FrancescaSegattini SilviaSgarella AdeleSiani ClaudioStefenelli NormaValenti FrancescoZanotti Simone

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf153

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Breast Surgery

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 9

Abstract
Original Article
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Application of deep learning towards automated electromyographic wave classification for neuromonitoring in thyroid and parathyroid surgery

Musholt Thomas JMusholt Petra BKortus Tobias

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf158

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Endocrine General Surgery

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 8

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Original Article
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Enhanced recovery after surgery compliance and outcomes in an international multisurgical cohort

Nelson GreggThomas AbbyBisch Steven Pde Boer Hans DPultrum Bareld BSmid-Nanninga HenriëtteRoulin DidierAddor ValerieHubner MartinSauro Khara

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf152

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 General Surgery

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 10

Abstract
Original Article
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Management and outcomes of paediatric achalasia: multicentre retrospective study in the UK

Neville Jonathan JWestwood EstherLadell AmandaBethell George SHarwood RachelHall Nigel JAbdullah Mohamad E

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf139

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery Paediatric Surgery

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 7

Abstract
Original Article
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Short-term outcomes of centralization on surgical care for patients with anorectal malformations: retrospective cohort study

af Petersens MalinStenström PernillaBorg HelenaDanielson JohanÖrtqvist LisaGunnarsdottir AnnaOddsberg JennyGustafson ElisabetGraneli ChristinaHagelsteen KristineTofft LouiseWester Tomas

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf155

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Paediatric Surgery

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 6

Abstract
Original Article
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Predictors of achieving a textbook outcome following robotic left-sided pancreatectomy: multicentre analysis

Malik Abdullah KChikkala BhargavRamage ClaireTingle Samuel JKho JasonHamady ZaedArshad AliBari HassaanSheel AndreaBaron RyanDunne DeclanPencaval TimothyLahiri RajivHughes DanielSilva MichaelSoonawalla ZahirBhogal RickyFrench Jeremy JRamia Jose MAhmad JawadWhite Steven APandanaboyana SanjayMalik Abdullah K

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf142

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 7

Abstract
Original Article
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Limited prognostic value of revised tumour deposit definition in tumour node metastasis (TNM)8 in colorectal cancer: national cohort study

Stoltz FridaLundström SimonBuchwald Pamela

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf148

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 7

Abstract
Original Article
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Assessing complications following pancreatoduodenectomy: the Comprehensive Complication Index versus the Clavien–Dindo classification

Ukegjini KristjanOberholzer JoséMüller Philip CWarschkow ReneTarantino IgnazioJonas Jan PhilippKlein MariePetrowsky HenrikSchmied Bruno MSteffen Thomas

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf154

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 8

Abstract
Original Article
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Nationwide implementation of minimally invasive liver surgery: population-based analysis

Östrand EmilRystedt JennyTingstedt BobbyAndersson Bodil

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf164

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 9

Abstract
Original Article
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Prognostic role of tumour volume and downstaging response on outcome after liver transplantation for colorectal liver metastases: retrospective study

Jenssen Håvard BjørkeDueland SveinSmedman Tor MagnusGrut HaraldAbildgaard AndreasLine Pål DSyversveen Trygve

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf170

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery Transplantation

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 6

Abstract
Original Article
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Neoadjuvant FOLFOXIRI plus bevacizumab without radiotherapy for high-risk rectal cancer: multicentre phase II trial

Matsuda TakeruNagatani YoshiakiFunakoshi YoheiTsuboyama TakahiroMii YasuhikoKaneda KunihikoTanaka TomohiroHasegawa HiroshiYamashita KimihiroKiyota NaomiMinami HironobuKakeji Yoshihiro

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf163

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 7

Abstract
Original Article
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Impact of centre volume on adrenalectomy outcomes: European multicentre study based on EUROCRINE® registry

Türk YiğitÖzkılıç AykutPennestri FrancescoRaffaelli MarcoMihai RaduÖzdemir MuratMakay Özer

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf180

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 General Surgery Endocrine

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 7

Abstract
Original Article
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Early cholecystectomy for recurrent versus first-time cholecystitis: nationwide population-based study

Edblom MagnusEnochsson LarsNyström HannaSandblom GabrielArnelo UrbanHemmingsson OskarGkekas Ioannis

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf166

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Acute Care Surgery General Surgery Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 6

Abstract
Original Article
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Oncological safety and preventive impact of nipple-sparing mastectomy in patients with BRCA1/2 mutation: multicentre study of the Korea Robot-endoscopy Minimal Access Breast Surgery Study Group (KoREa-BSG)

Kim Hong-KyuShin Dong SeungJang Sung YoonBae Soong JuneKim Eun YoungCha Chihwan DavidPark Hyung SeokLee JeeyeonLee Jun-HeeLee Eun-ShinChoi Jung EunBae Soo YounShin Hee-ChulKim DongwonLee Moo HyunKim Yong-YeupHan Sang-AhLee JangheeChang Young WooMin JunwonKim SanghwaKang Young-JoonChoi Hee JunLee Sae ByulRyu Jai MinKim Joo Heung

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf168

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Breast Surgery

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 10

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Original Article
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De-escalation of axillary surgery and targeted axillary dissection following neoadjuvant chemotherapy: multicentre prospective regional audit

Mactier MhairiArthur LauraMagill LouiseDuncan KatherineMansell JamesCampbell Esther JenniferDoughty JulieRomics Laszlo

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf172

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Breast Surgery

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 8

Abstract
Original Article
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On-scene machine learning prediction model for massive transfusion in trauma and its association with in-hospital mortality

Yu ByungchulCho JaehyeongKim HyunjeeHwang Seung HaHwang JiyoungKim SoeunOh JiyeonLee SoojiKim Do WanSeok JunepillKim KyounghwanLee JinseokYon Dong KeonKang Wu Seong

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf167

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Trauma

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 9

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Protocol
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Prophylactic Incisional Negative Pressure wound therapy (NPWT) for major Amputations (PINTA): protocol for randomized controlled trial of single-use NPWT devices for closed-incision major lower extremity amputations

Power Foley MeganFahey CiaraByrne Anne-MarieLeahy RoisínDempsey LauraWestby DanielWalsh Stewart R

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf159

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Vascular Surgery Orthopaedics Plastic Surgery

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 9

Abstract
Protocol
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Radical antegrade modular pancreatosplenectomy versus conventional left pancreatectomy for pancreatic cancer: study protocol for the multicentre randomized clinical RAMPS trial

Holze MagdalenaPianka FrankWittmann MartinPhotiadis InesTenckhoff SolveigSander AnjaBalzer AlexandraKlose ChristinaKlotz RosaAl-Saeedi MohammedLoos MartinMichalski Christoph WHackert ThiloHeger PatrickDiener Markus KBüchler Markus WHüttner Felix J

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf169

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 10

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Research Letter
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Risk of secondary appendiceal tumours after colorectal cancer surgery: nationwide Swiss registry study

Meyer JeremyMeyer ElinFournier EvelyneLiot EmilieMeurette GuillaumeKoessler ThibaudToso ChristianDavies JustinWheeler JamesStaehelin KatharinaRapiti ElisabettaRis FrédéricWildisen Lea

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf147

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery General Surgery

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 2

Research Letter
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Protocol for Establishing National Guidance for Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis (ENIGMA)

Shah ShaneelArgus LeahJohri GoonjAhari DanielCastelhano RuteChristoforidis SofiaDarlow ChristopherLyburn IainSharma NishaSharma VijayShukla RudreshSethi KavitaMacInnes EmmaBradley RoisinHarding-Mackean ClaudiaCox KarinaArafin NazinaKirwan Cliona CShah Shaneel

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf141

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Breast Surgery

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 3

Research Letter
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Glucose control during 3-month treatment with bihormonal artificial pancreas versus current diabetes care in patients after total pancreatectomy: study protocol for the PANORAMA randomized crossover trial

Leseman Charlotte Avan Veldhuisen Charlotte LRompen Ingmar FBouwense Stefan ABosscha KoopBusch Olivier RDijkgraaf Marcel G Wvan Eijck Casper H Jde Haan Job SHaen Roelde Hingh Ignace H Jde Meijer VNijkamp Maarten WMieog J Sven DMolenaar I Quintusvan Santvoort Hjalmar CStommel Martijn W JVoermans Rogier PWilmink Johanna WDe Vries J HansBesselink Marc G

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf151

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 2

Correction
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Correction to: Approach to risk stratification for papillary thyroid carcinoma based on molecular profiling: institutional analysis

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf137

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 3

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

Snelling SamualClaireaux HarryRoocroft HarrisonMoon Kyung-HoonJeevaratnam JohannEisenstein NeilStaruch Robert M T

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf173

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910 Plastic Surgery Orthopaedics General Surgery

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 11

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Correction
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Correction to: Preoperative use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blockers and diuretics increases the risk of dehydration after ileostomy formation: population-based cohort study

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zraf174

Published on: February 2026

AcademicSubjects/MED00910

Volume : 10

Issue : 1

Page count : 1

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Volume 10, Issue 1

February 2026

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  • Editorials
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