This Week in Surgery we will be discussing articles published in September 2023 issues:

Annals of Surgery

2 days versus 5 days of Postoperative Antibiotics for Complex Appendicitis: Cost Analysis of a Randomized, Non-inferiority Trial

Surveillance of Individuals at High Risk of Developing Pancreatic Cancer: A Prevalence meta-analysis to Estimate the Rate of low-yield Surgery

JAMA Surgery

Cannabis Use Disorder and Perioperative Complications

British Journal of Surgery

Sentinel lymph node biopsy versus axillary lymph node dissection in breast cancer patients undergoing mastectomy with one to two metastatic sentinel lymph nodes: sub-analysis of the SINODAR-ONE multicentre randomized clinical trial and reopening of enrolment

Early outcomes from the Minimally Invasive Right Colectomy Anastomosis study (MIRCAST)

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Comparative outcomes of physician-modified fenestrated-branched endovascular repair of post-dissection and degenerative complex abdominal or thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms

Surgical Endoscopy

Laparoscopic versus robotic abdominal and pelvic surgery: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials

Annals of Surgical Oncology

The Optimal Age Threshold for Stratifying the Risks of Disease Progression in Patients with Highly Suspicious Sub-centimeter Thyroid Nodules

 Obesity Surgery

Laparoscopic-Assisted Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block Versus Port-Site Infiltration with Local Anesthetics in Bariatric Surgery: a Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial

International Journal of Surgery

Reassessing the survival benefit of deceased donor liver transplantation: retrospective cohort study

Early plasma proteomic biomarkers and prediction model of acute respiratory distress syndrome after cardiopulmonary bypass: a prospective nested cohort study

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Operationalizing the Culture of Burnout and Well-Being: Multicenter Study of Value Congruence and Flourishing in General Surgery Residency

 Pseudoaneurysm after High-Grade Penetrating Solid Organ Injury and Utility of Delayed CT Angiography

 Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

The effects of hypocalcemia in severely injured pediatric trauma patients

The American Journal of Surgery

Understanding ultrarare adverse events - Lessons learned from a twelve-year review of intraoperative deaths at an academic medical center

 Preoperative history and physical update visits offer limited clinical value in colorectal surgery

World Journal of surgery

Modified Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Protocol Versus Non-ERAS Protocol in Patients Undergoing Emergency Laparotomy for Acute Intestinal Obstruction: A Randomized Controlled Trial

The Role of Open Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Chest Trauma Patients with No Sign of Life: A National Trauma Data Bank Study

The American Journal of Transplantation (AJT) 

Diagnosis and treatment of allograft rejection in islet transplantation