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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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Systematic Review
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Negative-pressure wound therapy in thoracic and abdominal surgery: meta-analysis of randomized trials

Adil S LakhaSalma NevesYounis AlemourHannah McGivernAlex Gordon-Weeks

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag027

Published on: 20 May 2026

Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery General Surgery Cardiothoracic Surgery Acute Care Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 3

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Systematic Review
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Quality improvement interventions in surgical oncology: systematic review of international studies

Adil RashidSugeeta SukumarJoanna DodkinsGeorgia ZachouNicola S FearnheadKate WalkerAjay Aggarwal

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag053

Published on: 20 May 2026

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

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Volume : 10

Issue : 3

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Review Article
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Cancer vaccines: comprehensive review

Rachael E CliffordNichola ManuQian YangZeeshan ArifDavid AggenMichael E BryanAditi GuptaHeather ShawDavid ChurchPhilippa CorrieNatalia SavelyevaChristian OttensmeierSarah DansonRobert Jones

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag041

Published on: 29 May 2026

General Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 3

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Randomized Clinical Trial
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Transanal irrigation for low anterior resection syndrome treatment: international multicentre randomized clinical trial

Ignas CivilkaMichail KlimovskijAndrej AleinikovPeter ChristensenNarimantas E SamalaviciusMiglė SakalauskaitėAudrius Dulskas

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag022

Published on: 15 May 2026

Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 3

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Randomized Clinical Trial
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Effect of noise isolation during general anaesthesia on the incidence of moderate-to-severe pain after major abdominal surgery: multicentre randomized clinical study

Fang XuDong ChenCong WangYi YangYingcai WuShuai YouGuangyou Duan

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag035

Published on: 28 May 2026

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

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Volume : 10

Issue : 3

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Original Article
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Impact of breast cancer characteristics on the development and time to liver metastases: population-based study

Marcus SundénElin LindqvistEllen WahlqvistEllen HanssonCharlotta WadstenAnne AnderssonMalin SundOskar Hemmingsson

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag036

Published on: 12 May 2026

Breast Surgery Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 3

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Effect of timing on patient-reported outcomes in contralateral symmetrization surgery in autologous breast reconstruction

Rojda GümüscüOlivia SjökvistEllen KragstermanJohan SvenssonSusanna KauhanenMaria ManiRebecca Wiberg

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag023

Published on: 13 May 2026

Plastic Surgery Breast Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 3

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Video-based assessment tool for workflow analysis in minimally invasive colorectal surgery: expert consensus-based development and multicentre validation of ColoWorkflow

Pooja P JainPietro MascagniGiuseppe MassimianiNabani BanikMarta GogliaLorenzo ArboitBritty BabyAndrea BallaLudovica BaldariGianfranco SilecchiaClaudio FiorilloM AdaminaSergio AlfieriSalvador Morales-CondeDeborah S KellerLuigi BoniNicolas Padoy

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag038

Published on: 13 May 2026

Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 3

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Costs associated with anastomotic leak after left-sided colorectal surgery: retrospective real-world study in England

Julia Glover-KirtlandCindy TongMelek Pinar BosutNiels-Derrek SchmitzSara Joao CarvalhoCaoimhe T RiceDion G MortonElizabeth LiThomas D Pinkney

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag049

Published on: 20 May 2026

Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 3

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Original Article
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Short- and long-term dynamics of gut microbiota, highlighting Fusobacterium nucleatum, Parvimonas micra, and Peptostreptococcus stomatis after colorectal cancer resection: prospective cohort study

Tomosuke MukoyamaKimihiro YamashitaMasafumi SaitoMitsugu FujitaSeiichi OmuraTakuo EmotoTomoya YamashitaMasayuki AndoKyosuke AgawaKota YamadaAkihiro WatanabeTomoki AbeTakao TsunekiYukari AdachiRyuichiro SawadaYasufumi KoterazawaHitoshi HaradaNaoki UrakawaHironobu GotoHiroshi HasegawaShingo KanajiTakeru MatsudaTaro OshikiriYoshihiro Kakeji

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag037

Published on: 21 May 2026

Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery General Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 3

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Interhospital variations in practice and technical outcomes for endoscopic resection of early oesophagogastric adenocarcinoma: multicentre CONGRESS data set analysis

Kirsty ColePradeep BhandariJames A GossageNatalie BlencoweSwathikan ChidambaramTom CrosbyNeil M DaviesRichard P T EvansEwen A GriffithsSivesh K KamarajahSheraz R MarkarNigel TrudgillTimothy J UnderwoodPhilip H PucherT Abdelrahman

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag039

Published on: 22 May 2026

Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery General Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 3

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Original Article
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Preoperative carbohydrate antigen 19-9 as a prognostic biomarker in colorectal cancer with synchronous peritoneal metastasis: multicentre cohort study

Keita TashiroYoshiki KajiwaraHideki UenoHirotoshi KobayashiKenjiro KotakeKenichi SugiharaYoichi Ajioka

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag060

Published on: 23 May 2026

Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 3

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Short-term outcomes in robotic-assisted versus conventional laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer: population-based study

Carl MertensPamela BuchwaldPeter MatthiessenHenrik JutestenSoran GadanFredrik Jörgren

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag050

Published on: 28 May 2026

Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 3

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Perioperative faecal microbiome dynamics in patients undergoing rectal cancer surgery in the IMARI-trial

Kiedo WienholtsAnne E PetersenClaire P M van HelsdingenKevin TalboomMark DavidsJohannes H W de WiltWouter J de JongePieter J TanisRoel HompesJoep P M DerikxM D Slooter

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag046

Published on: 29 May 2026

Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery General Surgery Experimental Science

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Volume : 10

Issue : 3

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Comparative long-term risks of chronic kidney disease and dialysis following conservative treatment, renal artery embolization, or nephrectomy in patients with blunt kidney injuries: retrospective cohort study

Jhih-Ming TangLing-Wei KuoJen-Fu HuangChih-Po HsuChi-Tung ChengHuan-Wu ChenCheng-Hsien WuYon-Cheong WongSzu-An ChenChia-Cheng WangYu-San TeeChun-Hsiang Ou YangChih-Yuan FuChien-Hung Liao

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag051

Published on: 01 June 2026

Trauma Acute Care Surgery Urology

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Volume : 10

Issue : 3

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Research Letter
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Continuity of care experienced by patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer: nationwide multicentre study

Jana S HopstakenSimone AugustinusIgnace H J T de HinghMarc G BesselinkHjalmar C van SantvoortHanneke W M van LaarhovenBert A BonsingSebastiaan FestenJan Willem B de GrootMarjolein Y V HomsMike S L LiemEric R ManusamaVincent E de MeijerJennifer M J SchreinemakersJudith de Vos-GeelenMiriam L WumkesCees J H M van LaarhovenPauline A J VissersMartijn W J Stommel

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag033

Published on: 21 May 2026

Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery

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Volume : 10

Issue : 3

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Volume 10, Issue 3

June 2026

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EISSN 2474-9842

  • Systematic Reviews
  • Review Article
  • Randomized Clinical Trials
  • Original Articles
  • Research Letter