This Week in Surgery we will be discussing recently published articles :

 Annals of Surgery

Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses of the Procedure-specific Risks of Thrombosis and Bleeding in General Abdominal, Colorectal, Upper Gastrointestinal, and Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery

Elective Laparoscopic Paraesophageal Hernia Repair Leads to an Increase in Life Expectancy Over Watchful Waiting in Asymptomatic Patients: An Updated Markov Analysis

The Revised R Status is an Independent Predictor of Postresection Survival in Pancreatic Cancer After Neoadjuvant Treatment

Nationwide use and Outcome of Minimally Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy in IDEAL Stage IV following a Training Program and Randomized Trial

 Journal of American Medical Association  Surgery

Implementation of Best Practices in Pancreatic Cancer Care in the Netherlands

  British Journal of Surgery

 Prevention of incisional hernia with retrorectus synthetic mesh versus biological mesh following loop ileostomy closure (Preloop trial)

  Journal of Vascular Surgery

Effect of narrow paravisceral aorta on target vessel instability after fenestrated and branched endovascular aortic repair

One-year aneurysm-sac dynamics are associated with reinterventions and rupture following infrarenal endovascular aneurysm repair

Comparison of limb outcomes between bypass surgery and endovascular therapy in dialysis-dependent and -independent patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia

 Surgical Endoscopy

Impact of laparoscopic versus open surgery on humoral immunity in patients with colorectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

 Annals of Surgical Oncology

Total Versus Subtotal Gastrectomy for Distal Gastric Poorly Cohesive Carcinoma

  Obesity Surgery

Banded Versus Non-banded Sleeve Gastrectomy: 5-Year Results of a 3-Year Randomized Controlled Trial

 Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Book-Binding Technique in Totally Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy with Billroth I Reconstruction: Clinical Results and Outcomes in 188 Patients with Gastric Cancer

Data Requirement for Animal-Derived Wound Care Devices: Limitations of the 510(k) Regulatory Pathway

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Evaluating potential disparities in geospatial access to American College of Surgeons/American Association for the Surgery of Trauma–verified emergency general surgery centers