the surgeon knows how to operate, better surgeons know when to operate, the best surgeons know why to not operate in certain scenarios

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Need for better diversity among editorial boards of surgery journals Melina Kibbe UNC Surgery JAMA Surgery Annals of Surgery Colorectal Disease BJS World Journal of Surgery AmJSurgery DCRjournal JOGS Journal of Surgical Research Journal of Surgical Education @surgendosc #SoMe4Surgery surgjournal.com/article/S0039-…

The 3 typical stages of reaction to innovation: 1. It cannot be done that way; 2. It should not be done that way; 3. I always do it that way

Comprehensive current comparison of techniques by Alberto Aiolfi in SURGERY Journal surgjournal.com/article/S0039-…

What’s New and Interesting at Annals: Robot-assisted cholecystectomy compared to laparoscopic approaches from Aaron Hoffman, MD Matthew D. Burstein Steven Schwaitzberg, MD Department of Surgery | University at Buffalo UBuffalo #roboticsurgery Full text available: journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…

#OpenAccess: We advocate #surgeons to choose their preferred surgical approach according to their expertise, however, the adoption of #minimally #invasive techniques may possibly improve patients’ #outcomes. link.springer.com/article/10.100… by Alberto Aiolfi

Thank you Alberto Aiolfi “For resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, 3-field lymphadenectomy seems associated with a slight trend toward improved 5-year overall survival; however, its clinical benefit remains limited.” SURGERY Journal surgjournal.com/article/S0039-…

Nov 21-27 is GERD Awareness Week. So congratulations to Dr. Alberto Aiolfi [AlbertoAiolfi] of the University of Milan Statale -- Recognized as an Expertscape Expert in Fundoplication. expertscape.com/ex/fundoplicat…

On today, the 109th anniversary of the Heller Myotomy we would like to announce that the 3rd issue of foregut this year is all about #achalasia. Submit your manuscripts here: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/foregut #gitwitter @MISIRG1 American College of Surgeons Achalasia Awareness Legends Of Surgery

Indeed; there are 3 kinds of surgeons: surgeons who operate and thus unfortunately experience complications, surgeons who do not operate so do not suffer complications, and surgeons who may not be completely honest

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SSAT Elliott R Haut, MD, PhD, MAMSE Ron Barbosa MD FACS Syed A. Ahmad JOGS Gregory C. Wilson Michael Yeh Social media has also changed the way we look for papers. Papers promoted on SoMe have higher chances of being cited. Also, high impact factors are promoting their papers on social media to increase submissions, reads and citations.

EFFECT OF ANASTOMOTIC LEAK ON LONG-TERM SURVIVAL AFTER ESOPHAGECTOMY 🎯 Annals of Surgical Oncology ✅ modest clinical impact on 5-yr OS ✅ patients with AL seem to have a higher hazard for mortality within the first 25 months ✅ the event AL should be pondered in the oncologic follow-up

“Se per esempio muori all’improvviso di notte, tante cose rimangono incompiute. Oggi so che ho il dovere di comportarmi in un certo modo nei confronti delle persone, di mia moglie, delle mie figlie, perché non so quanto vivrò. Quindi mi dà questa opportunità di scrivere le

Short-term Outcomes of Different Techniques for Gastric... : Annals of Surgery journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…

Effect of #AnastomoticLeak on Long-Term Survival After #Esophagectomy : Multivariate Meta-analysis and Restricted Mean Survival Times Examination Alberto Aiolfi rdcu.be/dqwBP

The Esophagogastric Anastomosis The Importance of Anchoring Sutures in Reducing Anastomotic Leak Rates Annals of Surgery The Roux Group ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

#AudioVisualAbstract : Effect of Minimally Invasive versus Open Distal #Gastrectomy on Long-Term Survival in Patients with #GastricCancer : Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis Alberto Aiolfi rdcu.be/eJlTf @nedamini Syed A. Ahmad