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The BJS Foundation owns complementary surgical publications, BJS and BJS Open, renowned for the exceptional quality of their peer review and editorial processes.
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BJS Open

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 4.9 in 2025. Explore BJS Open

Systematic Review

Colonoscopy surveillance after colorectal cancer surgery: meta-analysis

Joni PanulaKalle E HokkanenToni T Seppälä

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag117 (opens in a new tab)

Published on: 04 November 2026

Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

BJS Open

Volume : 10

Issue : 6

Abstract

Original Article

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Long-term outcomes after total colonic aganglionosis: retrospective European multicentre cohort study

Annika MutanenAlessio Pini PratoMarta ErculianiCécile LambeJudith LindertStefanie MärzheuserFabio FusaroKjetil Juul StensrudKristin BjornlandNiels QvistMark Bremholm EllebækMerit M TabbersJoep P M DerikxRony SfeirKonrad ReinshagenJohanna LudwiczekLucie PošTereza BartošováMarc MiserezAnna Löf GranströmTomas WesterJohannes HilberathArnaud BonnardDonatella Di FabrizioAnat Guz-MarkPierre PoinsotKatrien Van RenterghemFrancesca DestroPernilla StenströmFlorian FriedmacherUdo RolleRiccardo ColettaAntonino MorabitoFrancesco Fascetti LeonMiriam DuciCornelius E J SlootsHendt VersteeghDomingas AtouguiaMiguel CamposInna Spector CohenStanko CavarIvana SabolicXavier TarradoSophie LangerLorenzo NorsaMikko P Pakarinen

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag143 (opens in a new tab)

Published on: 04 November 2026

Paediatric Surgery Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

BJS Open

Volume : 10

Issue : 6

Abstract

Original Article

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Recurrence and mortality after non-operative management of acute gallstone disease: nationwide registry study

Maria SöderströmOlov NorlénFredrik LinderErik Osterman

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag149 (opens in a new tab)

Published on: 04 November 2026

Acute Care Surgery Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery

BJS Open

Volume : 10

Issue : 6

Abstract

Original Article

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Adjuvant mFOLFOXIRI after curative-intent resection of oligometastatic colorectal cancer: phase II FANTASTIC trial

Kozo KataokaTakeshi YamadaKentaro YamazakiShintaro KanakaTakeshi SutoManabu ShiozawaYasumasa TakiiMasayoshi YasuiToshifumi YamaguchiNobuhisa MatsuhashiNaoto TakaseKazuma ItoErik SpickardArkarachai FungtammasanRama S MadhurapantulaAdham JurdiEiji OkiHideaki BandoYoshiaki NakamuraTakayuki YoshinoMasataka IkedaKeita MoriYukihide Kanemitsu

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag144 (opens in a new tab)

Published on: 04 November 2026

Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

BJS Open

Volume : 10

Issue : 6

Abstract

Original Article

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Staging laparoscopy for radiographically non-metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: cytology-driven upstaging and the SENDAI-SL risk-enrichment score

Daisuke DouchiShingo YoshimachiNaoki RikiyamaMika AndoYuichiro UminoHideaki SatoMitsuhiro ShimuraKoetsu InoueMasahiro IsekiShuichi AokiTakayuki MiuraShimpei MaedaMasaharu IshidaMasamichi MizumaAtsushi MasamuneMichiaki Unno

DOI : 10.1093/bjsopen/zrag176 (opens in a new tab)

Published on: 04 November 2026

Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery

BJS Open

Volume : 10

Issue : 6

Abstract

Research Letter