Leading article: #COVID19 & the paediatric acute abdomen. Emergence of #PIMS in children with COVID means a new and important differential is on the list. doi.org/10.1093/bjsope… #some4surgery #some4pedsurg ASGBI SEIQ ASiT

5 Days to BJS Academy Launch! 🔉Listen to the welcome from Anders Bergenfelz, Chair, BJS Society below Bookmark the website➡️bjsacademy.com #LeadingSurgicalEducation #nightoncall BJS BJS Open Young BJS

#polltime Do you use barrier materials e.g. films/gels to prevent post op adhesions? #some4surgery Ville Sallinen Laura Lorenzon Giovanni Marchegiani Frank McDermott Paul Sutton Katy BJS Academy

#polltime Following bariatric surgery risk of post op MI is 0.2% in those without cardiac disease. What is the rate in those with pre-existing cardiac disease? Ville Sallinen Laura Lorenzon Giovanni Marchegiani Frank McDermott Paul Sutton Katy BJS Academy #SoMe4Surgery

📢 We are hiring! ✍️ Could you be our next Associate Editor? 😷 If you think you've got what it takes to join our dynamic team, we want to hear from you!

Nice summary on management of appendix tumours by our senior fellows The Christie NHS #cpoc Chris Kearsey and Nigel Mortimer Day free in this months BJS BJS Open BJS Academy Young BJS

Variation in treatment of #varicoseveins in England: -regional variation in procedure rates -Non-white patients assoc w 🔽 procedure rates -Younger patients less likely to have procedures. Despite guidelines, inconsistency across service #some4surgery doi.org/10.1093/bjsope…

#ICYMI Adhesion prevention is one of the holy grails for abdominal surgeons. Where are we with the technology for this? #systematicreview of characteristics and development of a range of materials. #some4surgery ASGBI SEIQ SRS doi.org/10.1093/bjsope…

What can we learn from the death of the #Queen? The world has watched her live through the process of #OrdinaryDying, and yet dying went unspoken, un-named. Let's notice what nobody mentioned: we all saw the Queen going through the stages of ordinary dying. A 🧵... 1/

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 nationwide study of🔪for carotid artery disease (2006-2018) found that 😷having carotid endarterectomy living in socioeco deprived areas were more likely to present w symptomatic disease & have ⤵️survival following🔪➡️Urgent need to address disparities! Katy #vascular

The operating room is a hostile environment for surgeons. 38% of surgeons are in pain. 87% if using an endoscope. A primer on surgical ergonomics to save you suffering 🧵

Well done Imperial College London Vascular Surgery for randomising 2 patients today, bringing our total to 47 👏👏 Only 3 randomisations away from 50 - Who do we think will recruit the 50th patient?

📢 It's that time of year again! 🤝 We are now recruiting the next intake of Editor Assistants to join the editorial teams of BJS and BJS Open 📆 Deadline for applications is 30th April 2024 🙌 Reposts would be greatly appreciated! 😷 Find out about more about this exciting

Want to be part of our team?? Join the BJS/BJSO family and apply now!!⏬️⏬️⏬️

Happy to announce our 2023 Impact Factor is rising to 3.5 from 3.2!!! 📈 Cordial thanks to all our dedicated authors, peer-reviewers, colleagues from BJS and our editorial board for making this possible!! 🙏🙏🙏 We remain dedicated to publishing high-quality surgical

Welcome to our new BJS/BJS Open/BJS Academy Editorial Assistants : Yung Lee Laura Maggino Hans Lederhuber! Looking forward working with you all! We had quite a few outstanding applicants. It’s always a tough decision. If you didn’t made it this year, be sure to apply next time!

A warm welcome to our new Editorial Assistants Yung Lee Laura Maggino Hans Lederhuber!!! Great to have 3 such outstanding young surgeon-scientists join the BJS BJS Open BJS Academy editorial team! We wish you an amazing year!! 🎇🎆🎇🎆

Looking forward to welcoming you to the SouthWest Robotic Training Day - 8th November - Taunton Conference Centre - Free (with a refundable deposit to secure your spot) - CPD accreditation from ASGBI Please sign up to ensure your place! eventbrite.com/e/936375292707…

A new study, recently published in BJS Open, highlights a “significant” gap between randomised and real-world vascular patient populations vascularnews.com/reality-check-…

📢2024 IF : 4.5!! (up from 3.4 last year)🥳🥳🥳 Thx to all the authors, reviewers and the editorial teams of BJS Open, BJS and BJS Academy for your hard work and contributions, which made this fantastic result possible! #SoMe4Surgery #MedTwitter #SurgEd #Surgery