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

Annals of Surgery

Short Postoperative Intravenous Versus Oral Antibacterial Therapy in Complicated Acute Appendicitis: A Pilot Noninferiority Randomized Trial

A Surgical Desirability of Outcome Ranking (DOOR) Reveals Complex Relationships Between Race/Ethnicity, Insurance Type, and Neighborhood Deprivation

How Does Omitting Additional Surgery After Local Excision Affect the Prognostic Outcome of Patients With High-risk T1 Colorectal Cancer?

 British Journal of Surgery

Elongation of intercostal nerve cutaneous branches for breast and nipple neurotization during breast reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer: case–control study

 Journal of Vascular Surgery

Anatomical suitability for branched endovascular aortic arch repair and balloon-expandable bridging stent grafts in a cohort of patients previously treated with a hybrid approach

Initial two-day blood pressure management after endovascular aneurysm repair improves midterm outcomes by reducing the incidence of early type II endoleak

Natural history of internal carotid artery stenosis progression

 Surgical Endoscopy

Robot-assisted laparoscopy does not have demonstrable advantages over conventional laparoscopy in endometriosis surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

 Annals of Surgical Oncology

Phase II Study of Intraperitoneal Administration of Paclitaxel Combined with S-1 and Cisplatin for Gastric Cancer with Peritoneal Metastasis

 Obesity Surgery

Efficacy of High-dose Liraglutide 3.0 mg in Patients with Poor Response to Bariatric Surgery: Real-world Experience and Updated Meta-analysis

  International Journal of Surgery

Creation of a decellularized vaginal matrix from healthy human vaginal tissue for potential vagina reconstruction: experimental studies

 Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Development and Initial Performance of the Hospital Mental Health Risk Screen

Anterior Quadratus Lumborum Block at Lateral Supra-Arcuate Ligament vs Lateral Quadratus Lumborum Block for Postoperative Analgesia after Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial

 Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

When is it safe to start venous thromboembolism prophylaxis after blunt solid organ injury? A prospective American Association for the Surgery of Trauma multi-institutional trial

 World Journal of surgery

Laparoscopic but not open surgical skills can be transferred to robot-assisted surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis