Catching up from the week? Don’t miss the long-term results from the CODA Trial from Dr. Flum, Lillian Kao, and team! 📚 Check out this infographic for a quick overview, but be sure to read the full update: nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… #DominateTheDay

THE SURGEON & SHIPBUILDING? The commonest incision for appendicectomy is called GRIDIRON INCISION. This was first described by American surgeon, Lewis Linn McArthur (1858–1934). Gridiron is an openwork frame on which vessels are placed for examination, cleaning, and repairs.

Dr Gunnells (Drew Gunnells) on purpose of interval appendectomy to packed room at #ACSCC23 UAB GI Surgery UAB Surgery

⭐️One of the highlights of our congress #SISE2024: our first BJS Academy lecture‼️ 🎉We celebrate this new partnership with the fantastic Paulina Salminen giving us the latest update on changing paradigms in #appendicitis #antibiotics & APPAC trials 👉food for thought!!

New research - Trends and levels of the global, regional, and national burden of appendicitis between 1990 and 2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 thelancet.com/journals/langa… #GITwitter #appendicitis #GBDStudy Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)

Most viewed this week from JAMA Surgery: In acute care surgery, robotic-assisted cholecystectomy and laparoscopic cholecystectomy had comparable rates of bile duct injury but differences in secondary outcomes. ja.ma/4lXmZJG

Claudin 18.2 in advanced gastric/GEJ adenocarcinoma – systematic review & meta-analysis 🔗 sciencedirect.com/science/articl… 📊 11 studies · 2,326 pts 🧬 Prognostic value inconsistent ⚠️ Heterogeneity in assays/cut‑offs 📏 Standardization essential

Extreme sunburn appearance of an 8 year boy who lives in poverty and has chronic diarrhoea. What’s the diagnosis here?

Triple tube technique for high-risk perforated duodenal ulcer. Cameron, Current Surgical Therapy, 2023.

Prognostic factors associated with primary non-responsiveness to antibiotics and appendicitis recurrence for CT-diagnosed uncomplicated acute appendicitis: secondary analysis of two randomized clinical trials ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/bjs/zn… The aim of this study was to assess

PERFECT-antibiotics RCT: Preoperatively started antibiotic treatment did not decrease the risk of appendiceal perforation rate in acute uncomplicated appendicitis. ja.ma/461nPQQ Ville Sallinen 🇺🇦🇳🇴Knut Magne Augestad

A surgical infection prevention program improved compliance with infection prevention and control standards and reduced surgical site infections in 5 hospitals outside of Ethiopia. ja.ma/3HyjpH9

Dr. Theodor Billroth Operating (1890) shows surgery evolving from a public spectacle to a disciplined field. The orderly operating room highlights Billroth’s authority, Lister’s asepsis, and surgical attire, though gloves were not yet common ⤵️👁️🔪💥!

BREAKING NEWS The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”

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北川進 理事・副学長、高等研究院特別教授がノーベル化学賞を受賞しました kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/news/2025-1…

Diverticulitis results in approximately 200 000 hospitalizations annually in the US, with an estimated health care expenditure of more than $6.3 billion annually. This Review summarizes the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of diverticulitis. ja.ma/4ndWIad

🔺Appendicitis (Nature 2025) doi.org/10.1038/s41572…