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Effect of transversus abdominis plane blocks in abdominoplasties on postoperative outcomes	196
Colonic resection and stoma formation due to chronic diverticular disease: nationwide population-based cohort study	89
Watch-and-wait approach in high-risk locally advanced rectal cancer: outcomes after complete response to total neoadjuvant therapy	81
Ultra-early initiation of postoperative rehabilitation in the post-anaesthesia care unit after major thoracic surgery: case–control study	66
Post-thyroid surgery adhesion prevention using oxidized regenerated cellulose and hyaluronic acid: prospective, single-blinded, randomized study	59
Early rectal cancer: are we overstaging and overtreating?	53
Perioperative characteristics and short-term morbidity after surgery for renal hyperparathyroidism: multicentre EUROCRINE® registry study	53
Tumour origin, diagnostic accuracy and histopathological evaluation in patients with periampullary cancer: nationwide cohort study	50
BJS Open 2025 best HPB surgery articles: editors’ choices	49
Establishment and external validation of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in excluding postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreatoduodenectomy	49
Safe and transparent introduction and evaluation of targeted axillary dissection in patients with node-positive breast cancer undergoing primary surgery: international consensus process	45
Digital technology in informed consent for surgery: systematic review	43
Association of chronic low-grade inflammation with adverse outcomes after gastrointestinal surgery: observational and Mendelian randomization study	42
Prophylactic mesh augmentation after laparotomy for elective and emergency surgery: meta-analysis	41
Economic cost-utility analysis of stage-directed oesophageal cancer treatment	40
Fluorescence-guided surgery: comprehensive review	40
Renal failure as a complication of defunctioning ileostomy: more complexity to a complex decision-making process	39
Modified artery-first approach for distal pancreatectomy with celiac axis resection	37
Correction: Surgical treatment of hilar cholangiocarcinoma: retrospective analysis	37
Oncological impact of unexpected horizontal tumour spread in oesophagogastric junction cancer	36
Impact of perioperative α1-antagonists on postoperative urinary retention in orthopaedic surgery: meta-analysis	35
Organ-specific malperfusion in acute type A aortic dissection: epidemiological meta-analysis of incidence rates	34
Population-based nationwide incidence of complications after gastrectomy for gastric adenocarcinoma in Finland	33
Effects of the superior mesenteric artery approach versus the no-touch approach during pancreatoduodenectomy on the mobilization of circulating tumour cells and clusters in pancreatic cancer (C	32
Association of hypothyroidism with survival in pancreatic cancer: retrospective cohort study	32

Artificial intelligence model for perigastric blood vessel recognition during laparoscopic radical gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy in locally advanced gastric cancer	31
Erratum to: Quality of reporting of robot-assisted cholecystectomy in relation to the IDEAL recommendations: systematic review	31
Association of anaemia, co-morbidities and red blood cell transfusion according to age groups: multicentre sub-analysis of the German Patient Blood Management Network Registry	31
Definitive chemoradiotherapy versus neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by radical surgery for locally advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma: meta-analysis	31
Hospital stay after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery	29
Clinical implications of an intraoperative margin-positive distal bile duct in perihilar cholangiocarcinoma: international multicentre cohort study	27
Effect of radiotherapy on long-term quality of life in recurrence-free rectal cancer survivors (LaTE study): nationwide inverse probability of treatment-weighted registry-based cohort study and survey	26
Global cost of postoperative ileus following abdominal surgery: meta-analysis	26
End-of-shift surgical handover: mixed-methods, multicentre evaluation and recommendations for improvement	25
New quantitative blood flow assessment of gastric conduit with indocyanine green fluorescence in oesophagectomy: prospective cohort study	25
Short-term outcomes of centralization on surgical care for patients with anorectal malformations: retrospective cohort study	24
Endocrine and breast surgery in 2025: BJS Open highlights and editor's choices	24
Early diagnosis of anastomotic leakage after colorectal cancer surgery using an inflammatory factors-based score system	23
The value of intraoperative parathyroid hormone monitoring in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism and varying baseline parathyroid hormone levels	23
Assessing the utility of natural language processing for detecting postoperative complications from free medical text	23
Impact of rectal washout on recurrence and survival after anterior resection for rectal cancer	23
Financial burden of complications in lung resection surgery: scoping review	22
Development and validation of a short version of the MD Anderson Symptom Inventory for upper gastrointestinal surgery (short-MDASI-UGI-Surg) for postoperative patient-reported outcome-based care	21
Mesh-fixation technique for inguinal hernia repair: umbrella review	21
Teaching modern pancreatic surgery: close relationship between centralization, innovation, and dissemination of care	21
Heart rate variability as a dynamic marker of surgeons’ stress during vascular surgery	21
Effect of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery compliance on postoperative venous thromboembolism	20
Patient, kidney, and pancreas survival in pancreas after kidney transplantationversussimultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation: meta-analysis	20
Challenge for the future: assessing the quality of abdominal surgery using composite quality measures	20
Corrigendum to: Development and validation of a novel risk score to predict overall survival following surgical clearance of bilobar colorectal liver metastases	20
Emergency general surgery in BJS Open—papers of note in 2022	20
Influence of pancreatic fistula on survival after upfront pancreatoduodenectomy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: multicentre retrospective study	20
Comment on: Reasons for staying in hospital after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy	20
Surgical and multimodal treatment of metastatic oesophageal cancer: retrospective cohort study	20
Postoperative pancreatic fistula: focus should be shifted from early drain removal to early management	20
Correction to: Approach to risk stratification for papillary thyroid carcinoma based on molecular profiling: institutional analysis	19
Use and management of routine prophylactic abdominal drainage in pancreatic surgery: meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials	19
Effect of intraoperative autotransfusion use during liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma on recurrence-free survival: comparative study with propensity score matching	19
Preoperative prophylactic active vitamin D to streamline total thyroidectomy	19
Breast satisfaction and health-related quality of life following total mastectomy, breast-conserving surgery, or immediate breast reconstruction in Japanese patients with breast cancer: multicentre cr	19
Outcomes of inflammatory bowel disease in patients with obesity following bariatric surgery: propensity score-matched cohort study	19
Incidence of rectal cancer after colectomy for inflammatory bowel disease: nationwide study	19
Impact of treatment strategy after malignant bowel obstruction in stage IV gastrointestinal cancer: population-based cohort study	18
Corrigendum to: Global overview of the management of acute cholecystitis during the COVID-19 pandemic (CHOLECOVID study)	17
Minimally invasive lung surgery with an intraoperative completely or partially tubeless protocol: randomized clinical trial	17
Prognosis after hepatic resection of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma related to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: meta-analysis	17
Mortality in patients with secondary peritonitis treated by primary closure or vacuum-assisted closure: nationwide register-based cohort study	17
Vascular complications of ProGlide versus Prostar in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures: meta-analysis	17
Use of artificial intelligence in the analysis of digital videos of invasive surgical procedures: scoping review	17
Author response to: Comment on Prophylactic mesh augmentation after laparotomy for elective and emergency surgery: meta-analysis	16
Author response to: Quality of life after open versus laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy: long-term results from a randomized clinical trial	16
Prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in laparotomy wounds (PROPEL-2): protocol for a randomized clinical trial	16
Major surgical conditions of childhood and their lifelong implications: comprehensive review	16
Novel Textbook Outcomes following emergency laparotomy: Delphi exercise	15
Quality of life after open versus laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy: long-term results from a randomized clinical trial	15

Radical antegrade modular pancreatosplenectomy versus conventional left pancreatectomy for pancreatic cancer: study protocol for the multicentre randomiz	15
Management of bilioenteric anastomosis leakage after major liver resection	15
Intrathoracic versus cervical anastomosis after totally or hybrid minimally invasive transthoracic oesophagectomy for oesophageal cancer: cost-effectiveness analysis alongside the randomized IC	15
Japanese living donor liver transplantation criteria for hepatocellular carcinoma: nationwide cohort study	15
Management of patients with locally recurrent rectal cancer with a previous history of distant metastases: retrospective cohort study	15
Peripheral low-density granulocytes after colorectal cancer surgery in predicting recurrence	15
Impact of complexity in minimally invasive liver surgery on enhanced recovery measures: prospective study	14
Robot-assisted minimally invasive oesophagectomy versus thoracoscopic approach: multi-institutional study on short-term outcomes	14
Impact of prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy in patients with colorectal cancer with peritoneal metastasis during cytoreductive surgery: dual-center cohort analysis	14
Deep learning implementation for extrahepatic bile duct detection during indocyanine green fluorescence-guided laparoscopic cholecystectomy: pilot study	14
One-stage versus two-stage surgery for initially unresectable colorectal cancer liver metastases: post hoc analysis of the CAIRO5 trial	14
Bariatric surgery, novel glucose-lowering agents, and insulin for type 2 diabetes and obesity: Bayesian network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	14
Risk of metachronous neoplasia in early-onset colorectal cancer: meta-analysis	14
Long-term follow-up of the conventional versus no-touch isolation technique for resection of primary colon cancer (JCOG1006): randomized clinical trial	14
Assessing complications following pancreatoduodenectomy: the Comprehensive Complication Index versus the Clavien–Dindo classification	14
Intraoperative robotic-assisted low anterior rectal resection performance assessment using procedure-specific binary metrics and a global rating scale	14
Comparative outcomes of arteriovenous fistulas and grafts in haemodialysis: meta-analysis with subgroup analysis by fistula type and transposition status	14
Waste not, want not: orthopaedic waste data	13
Association of postoperative opioid type with mortality and readmission rates: multicentre retrospective cohort study	13
Effect of modifying high-risk factors and prehabilitation on the outcomes of colorectal cancer surgery: controlled before and after study	13
Effectiveness of interventions delivered within inpatient perioperative care in adults undergoing surgery: scoping review of systematic reviews	13
Transanal versus transabdominal total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer in minimally invasive surgery: meta-analysis	13
Standardization of the surgical technique and reporting for radical right colectomy with central vascular ligation and complete mesocolic excision (RRoC-STAR): Delphi consensus	13
Neoadjuvant FOLFOXIRI plus bevacizumab without radiotherapy for high-risk rectal cancer: multicentre phase II trial	12
Aortic arch surgery for DeBakey type 1 aortic dissection in patients aged 60 years or younger	12
Nationwide implementation of minimally invasive liver surgery: population-based analysis	12
Lymph node examination and survival in resected pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: retrospective study	12
Best of general and upper GI surgery in 2023	12
Current postoperative nutritional practice after pancreatoduodenectomy in the UK: national survey and snapshot audit	12
Impact of 18F-choline PET-CT or PET-MRI on surgical strategy in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism	12
Long-term weight loss and metabolic benefit from Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in patients with superobesity	11
Referral rate of patients with incidental gallbladder cancer and survival: outcomes of a multicentre retrospective study	11
Regional variation in non-traumatic major lower limb amputation in England: observational study of linked primary and secondary care data	11
Glucose control during 3-month treatment with bihormonal artificial pancreas versus current diabetes care in patients after total pancreatectomy: study p	11
Postoperative complications after pancreatoduodenectomy for malignancy: results from the Recurrence After Whipple’s (RAW) study	11
Ursodeoxycholic acid in the management of symptomatic gallstone disease: systematic review and clinician survey	11
Preferences of patients and surgeons regarding counselling before pancreatectomy: 4PC trial	11
Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in colorectal cancer	11
Evaluation of sarcopenia and myosteatosis to determine the impact on mortality after emergency laparotomy	11
Severe pleural effusion after hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma: multicentre retrospective study	11
Prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in first-degree relatives: detecting AAA in adult offspring of AAA patients	11
Author response to: Excision and suture in the midline versus Karydakis flap surgery for pilonidal sinus: randomized clinical trial	11
Mechanical and oral antibiotic bowel preparation for all patients undergoing colorectal surgery?	11
Effect of peritoneal and wound lavage with super-oxidized solution on surgical-site infection after open appendicectomy in perforated appendicitis (PLaSSo): randomized clinical trial	11
Benefit of splenectomy in distal pancreatectomy for neuroendocrine tumours: multicentre retrospective study	11
Pathological complete response as a surrogate to improved survival in human epidermal growth factor receptor-2-positive breast cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Minimally invasiveversusopen pancreatic surgery: meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials	10
Optimal antiseptic skin preparation agents for minimizing surgical site infection following surgery: cost and cost-effectiveness analysis	10
Robotic-assisted contra open resection for suspected or confirmed gallbladder cancer (ROBOCOP)	10
Comparison of postoperative analgesic effects of ultrasound-guided intercostal nerve block and transversus abdominis plane block in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy: randomized clinica	10
Postoperative complications in Hartmann’s procedure versus intersphincteric abdominoperineal excision in rectal cancer: randomized clinical trial (HAPIrect)	10
Polyethylene glycol-coated haemostatic patch for prevention of clinically relevant postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreatoduodenectomy: randomized clinical trial	10
Evaluation of intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) data with the Mainz IONM Quality Assurance and Analysis tool	10
Effect of hospital volume on gastric cancer resection outcome in Switzerland: 24-year nationwide retrospective analysis	10
Aggregated 1-year complication rates and health-related quality of life after reconstructive surgery for rectal cancer with or without diverting stoma (Norwegian Stoma Trial): a protocol for national	10
Impact of socioeconomic deprivation in patients undergoing elective surgical resection for colon cancer	10
Therapeutic value of lymph node dissection for Siewert type II and III adenocarcinoma: meta-analysis	10
Weight-based dosing of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis in patients with obesity: meta-analysis	10
Operative versus conservative management for inguinal hernia: a methodology scoping review of randomized controlled trials	10
Risk of malignancy in radiologically and cytologically discordant thyroid nodules, based on Thyroid Imaging, Reporting and Data System (TI-RADS) and Bethesda classifications	10
Fournier’s gangrene: 15-year retrospective study at a tertiary hospital	10
Impact of structured multicentre enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol implementation on length of stay after colorectal surgery	10
Association of periodontitis and complications after pancreatic surgery	9
The best of HPB in BJS Open 2023	9
Effectiveness of a low-glycaemic-index formula on post-gastrectomy hypoglycaemia in patients with gastric cancer: randomized crossover study	9
Management and outcome variability in hernia-related small bowel obstruction: insights from the SnapSBO study	9
Impact of a transition of care bundle on health-related quality of life after major emergency abdominal surgery: before-and-after study	9
Anastomotic leakage after ileoanal pouch surgery: risk factors and salvage rate	9
Hereditary colorectal, gastric, and pancreatic cancer: comprehensive review	9
Minimally invasive versus open lateral pancreaticojejunostomy in patients with painful chronic pancreatitis: systematic review	9
Survival after standard or oncoplastic breast-conserving surgery versus mastectomy for breast cancer	9
Identifying malnutrition in emergency general surgery: systematic review	9
Preventing thromboembolism—another benefit of ERAS	9
Single and double faecal immunochemical test strategies are effective in risk stratification for patients with symptoms of per rectal bleeding suggestive of colorectal cancer	9
Combined transversus abdominis plane and rectus sheath blocks with patient-controlled intravenous analgesia versus epidural analgesia for kidney transpla	9
Impact of a national guideline for the management of peripheral arterial disease on revascularization rates in England: interrupted time series analysis	9
Major adverse cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality after emergency general surgery among kidney failure patients	9
Investigating intraoperative parathyroid hormone criteria for enhanced accuracy and surgical success in treating primary hyperparathyroidism: results from two tertiary referral centres	9
A multilevel, step-based model to evaluate progress in procedure efficiency for laparoscopic appendicectomy in surgical training: structured evaluation using ‘ebb-and-flow’ and ‘string-of-pearls’ conc	9
Omental preservation versus omentectomy in curative-intent gastrectomy for gastric cancer: Swedish population-based cohort study	9

Evaluating normothermic artery bypass and visceral-anastomosis-first strategy in thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair: propensity-weighted analysis	9
Risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma rupture: multicentre retrospective study	9
Definition and diagnosis of postsurgical hypoparathyroidism after thyroid surgery: meta-analysis	9
Prognosis of lymph node metastasis confined to lateral pelvic or mesenteric nodes in mid–low rectal cancer: multicentre retrospective cohort study	9
Training surgeons to optimize communication and symptom management in patients with life-limiting conditions: systematic review	8
Association between surgeon volume and the use of laparoscopic liver resection: retrospective cohort study	8
Survival outcomes after breast cancer surgery among older women with early invasive breast cancer in England: population-based cohort study	8
Prognostic impact of individual resection and dissection margins in resected perihilar cholangiocarcinoma: retrospective study	8
Clinical outcomes of surgical and imatinib treatment for rectal gastrointestinal stromal tumours: retrospective cohort study	8
Author response to: Comment on: Minimally invasive versus open pancreatic surgery: meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials	8
Pulmonary metastasectomy and repeat metastasectomy for colorectal pulmonary metastases: outcomes from the Dutch Lung Cancer Audit for Surgery	8
Complications and adverse events in lymphadenectomy of the inguinal area: worldwide expert consensus	8
Prognostic role of tumour volume and downstaging response on outcome after liver transplantation for colorectal liver metastases: retrospective study	8
Relationship between pancreatic cancer resection rate and survival at population level: systematic review	8
Comparative effectiveness of preoperative localization techniques for non-palpable breast lesions: multicentre real-world study	8
Recurrence and patient reported outcomes after simultaneous bilateral versus unilateral groin hernia repair: prospective nationwide cohort study	8
Development and validation of a novel risk score to predict overall survival following surgical clearance of bilobar colorectal liver metastases	8
Predicting clinical benefit response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced gallbladder cancer: retrospective analysis	8
Safety of bariatric surgery in patients with previous acute coronary events or heart failure: nationwide cohort study	8
Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in colorectal cancer	8
Perioperative Medicine for Older People Undergoing Surgery Scale Up (POPS-SUp): study protocol	8
Early cholecystectomy for recurrent versus first-time cholecystitis: nationwide population-based study	8
Comment on: Comparison between thoracic epidural analgesia and rectus sheath catheter analgesia after open midline major abdominal surgery: randomized clinical trial	8
Evaluating safety and quality of robotic-assisted gastric cancer surgery: meta-analysis and meta-regression	8
Effect of interval between neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and surgery on disease recurrence and survival in rectal cancer: long-term results of a randomized clinical trial	8
Inter-rater variability in multidisciplinary team meetings of oesophageal and gastro-oesophageal junction cancer on staging, resectability and treatment recommendation: national retrospective multicen	8