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📢ANNOUNCEMENT: BJS and BJS Open correspondence to move to the BJS Academy ➡️bjsacademy.com/bjs-and-bjs-op… From 14 July 2024, all correspondence to BJS, BJS Open and BJS Academy will be submitted through a single area: [email protected]. Read the full announcement

Preoperative high dose of dexamethasone in emergency laparotomy: #RCT ➡️doi.org/10.1093/bjs/zn… In this #RCT of 120 patients undergoing emergency laparotomy 🔥preoperative 1 mg/kg dexamethasone significantly ⬇️ inflammation and is associated with improved recovery and

Absolutely thrilled to have matched to THE Cleveland Clinic MIS/Surgical Endoscopy fellowship. Looking forward to learning from the best team Matthew Kroh, MD Matthew Allemang Salvador Navarrete Jerry Dang, MD PhD Andrew Strong and more! Thank you McMaster University & supports for making this possible!

The SAGES Manual of #Metabolic and #Bariatric Surgery📘will be published in December 2024 (preorders 💻 available now) We attempted to cover all the possible topics, pathologies & techniques🪡🤖 More than 150 authors including patient’s perspective 👩🏽👨🏻‍💼 link.springer.com/book/978303172…

Honored to contribute a chapter alongside Yung Lee. The inclusion of patient perspectives makes this an invaluable resource. A game-changer for our field! #BariatricSurgery #MedTwitter

한 강 Han Kang – awarded the 2024 #NobelPrize in Literature – was born in 1970 in the South Korean city of Gwangju before, at the age of nine, moving with her family to Seoul. She comes from a literary background, her father being a reputed novelist. Alongside her writing, she

.JAMA Internal Medicine study question the assumption that prolonging progression free survival (PFS) also enhance quality of life (HRQoL) for cancer patients Future trials should directly measure HRQoL with precision & ensure sufficient follow-up #EBM jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

🥼 Surgical research and publishing: RCT's (part 2 of 5) ➡️buff.ly/3UJG1rB Part 2 of our BJS Workshop series focused on research and publication in the surgical world, Martyn Evans (Martyn Evans), BJS Editor, dives into RCTs. #RCT #surgery

Surgeon factors and their association with operating room turnover time ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/bjs/zn… - Surgeons in leadership roles and with ≥10 years of experience have significantly shorter OR turnover times, enhancing efficiency - Leadership and experience likely streamline

Latest episode of #SurgeonsLives is full of #Stuffthatmatters with VERY special guest Neil Smart who discusses career and a sudden cancer diagnosis #lifechangingevent Neil Smart - Surgeon and Unexpected Patient youtu.be/MyXJVsRlZkA?si… via YouTube

ICYMI: bit.ly/4heAnqH Healthcare expenditures decreased substantially after bariatric surgery for patients with #diabetes. Medication expenses decreased by more than 50% in the 5 years post surgery, with no significant differences between Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

Our previous #OAGSgrantwinner Yung Lee has been published. Congrats!👏: The Surgical Education Checklist: A Novel Tool to Improve the Use of Entrustable Professional Activities in Operative Training in Competence by Design... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Breaking news!!! Congratulations to Ralph Peterli & colleagues from the SM-BOSS RCT on publishing their 10-year results comparing RYGB to SG JAMA Surgery RYGB > weight loss to SG > 10 years of follow-up, with better results for GERD. SG conversion 30%! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39969869/

Takeaway message from 2️⃣ important RCTs published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology in the past 24 hours: ✴️ Patients interested in bariatric surgery should be advised to undergo Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. ✴️ When contraindicated or unfeasible, sleeve gastrectomy should be offered. 1/3

Western Union and Canadian Immigrant along with program partner COSTI are thrilled to announce the voting phase of the 17th annual Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards is now open! Meet — and vote for — our 2025 Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award finalists! canadianimmigrant.ca/top25

🚨Editor Assistant bursaries🚨 Are you an early-career surgeon with an interest in academic publishing? Apply now for an Editor Assistant Bursary – supported through charitable funding from the BJS Foundation Charity Committee. 🗓️ Deadline: 30 April 🎧 Hear what our current

Still some time to apply for BJS Open BJS BJS Academy Editorial Assistantship! DL 30th April! Why to apply? What to expect? How to succeed? Listen the current Editorial Assistants’ Laura Maggino Hans Lederhuber Yung Lee testimonies! 📣

I've been nominated for the 2025 Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards by Canadian Immigrant to represent the Korean-Canadian community and McMaster University McMaster Health Sciences. Grateful for your support. Learn more and vote here: canadianimmigrant.ca/contestants/le…

Someone to be watching👉👉👉👉Congratulations Yung Lee

New Impact Factors are out! JAMA Surgery 14.9 BJS 8.8 Annals of Surgery 6.4 BJS Open 4.5 Dis Col Rectum 3.7 J Trauma 3.7 Ann Surg Oncol 3.5 JACS 3.4 EJSO 2.9 Surgery 2.7 Surg Endosc 2.7 Colorectal Dis 2.7 WJS 2.5 Hernia 2.4 HPB 2.4 JGIS 2.4 Langenbeck’s 1.8 Scand J Surg 1.8