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Leading lifelong #surgicaleducation. The BJS Academy is the educational arm of the BJS Foundation. A hub to meet, learn, be mentored, discuss, listen and understand the education and accreditation opportunities available. https://www.bjsacademy.com/
🏆 2026 WoSSA BJS Prize: Risk Assessment Tools for Predicting Complications After Emergency Laparotomy: A Systematic Review Rebecca Bradley presents her 2026 WoSSA BJS Prize-winning lecture. 📽️ buff.ly/WpjqPhQ #surgery #medsky
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Rebecca Bradley presents her BJS Prize winning lecture "Risk Assessment Tools for Predicting Complications After Emergency Laparotomy: A Systematic Review" from the 2026 West of Scotland Surgical…
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🏆 Article of the Month: Remaining surgeons: pregnancy, sustainability, and institutional responsibility Our most-read article explores a question that goes far beyond the operating theatre: How can surgical careers become truly sustainable for women? 📖 buff.ly/fFMOMrv #surgsky #medsky
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Despite increasing representation in surgical training, women surgeons still face many challenges that undermine the longâterm sustainability of their careers. The wellâdocumented…
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🔍 Become a @BJSurgery Peer Reviewer BJS is inviting consultants, senior trainees, and researchers with experience in surgical research to join our international community of peer reviewers. Apply ➡️ buff.ly/2pW5YPf #surgsky #medsky
🏆️ Pan-endocrine meta-analysis identifies miR-221 as a cross-tumour biomarker Mr Joshua Agilinko delivers his 2025 British Association of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgeons BJS Prize winning presentation. ▶️ buff.ly/1cGwtfT #surgery @bjsurgery.bsky.social
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Mr Joshua Agilinko won first place in the BJS Prize session for his paper âFirst pan-endocrine meta-analysis identifies miR-221 as a cross-tumour transcriptomic biomarker: integrative…
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🏥Gallbladder cancer ➡️ buff.ly/Qp5otjl 🗨️ Often locally advanced or metastatic disease at diagnosis, PET-CT for non-regional nodal metastases, possible benefit of neoadjuvant chemotherapy if node positive and addition of immunotherapy if locally advanced. - Johanne Gormsen @bjsurgery.bsky.social
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Balakrishnan A, Lendoire J, Endo I. BJS 2026; 113: znaf275.
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🔬 Endocrine pathology – research and developments Dr C Christofer Juhlin presents his 2025 British Association of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgeons BJS Lecture. ▶️ Watch now: buff.ly/85XyOfK #EndocrineSurgery #EndocrinePathology #surgery
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Dr. Christofer Juhlin delivers his BJS Lecture: âEndocrine pathology – research and developments’, presented at the British Association of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgeions Annual Scientific Meeting,…
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🏥Perioperative management of respiratory conditions and complications 🗨️ Importance of structured evaluation using validated tools (ARISCAT) and functional assessment, prehabilitation for early optimization. - Johanne Gormsen ➡️https://buff.ly/nrRoTi9 @bjsurgery.bsky.social #surgery #surgeon
Preoperative low-energy diets for patients with a body mass index> 30 kg/m2 undergoing non-bariatric surgery 🗨️ Pre-operative low-energy diet: promising on the scale, feasibility and morbidity benefit remain unknown. - Jenny Moon 👏 @bjsurgery.bsky.social ➡️ buff.ly/TTnOvk4
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McKechnie T, Kuszaj O, Perks H, Rattansi S, Meyhofer Pedroso C et al. BJS 2026; 113: znag023. Of 91 randomized patients, 81.7 per cent adhered to the 3-week intervention, and those in the low-energy…
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🧬 Developing autologous stem cell-derived islets without immune suppression to treat diabetes Professor James Shapiro delivers the 2026 Farndon Lecture presented at the Surgical Research Society Annual Meeting 2026. ▶️ buff.ly/nLgfqI6
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Professor James Shapiro, 2025 BJS Award winner, delivers his Farndon Lecture: 'Developing autologous stem cell-derived islets without immune suppression to treat diabetes', presented at the Surgical…
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🏥 Acute cholangitis ➡️ buff.ly/iUWUWZZ 🗨️ Immediate initiation of resuscitation and antibiotics, ERCP remains the standard of care, EUS-guided and percutaneous biliary drainage or percutaneous transhepatic access are alternatives. - Johanne Gormsen @bjsurgery.bsky.social #surgsky #medsky
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🌍What does it mean to deliver surgery in the midst of war, disaster, and humanitarian crises? Watch the thought-provoking 2026 IASSS BJS Lecture from Professor Nick Maynard ▶️ buff.ly/daZuLsV #surgsky #medsky
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Professor Nick Maynard delivers his IASSS BJS Lecture 'Surgery in conflict zones and humanitarian crises' delivered at the 2026 International Surgery Week held in Mexico City.
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🔍 Become a @BJSurgery Peer Reviewer BJS is inviting consultants, senior trainees, and researchers with experience in surgical research to join our international community of peer reviewers. Apply ➡️ buff.ly/2pW5YPf #surgsky #medsky
🧬 How does the time to death in circulatory death donors affect pancreas islet isolation outcomes? Rhys Pook delivers his Patey Prize Session presentation from the Surgical Research Society Annual Meeting 2026. ▶️ buff.ly/ouU0sfP #surgsky #medsky
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Rhys Pook delivers his Patey Prize session presentation: 'The impact of time to death in circulatory death donors and pancreas islet isolation outcomes', first presented at the Surgical Research…
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🏆 Development and validation of the Geriatric Abdominal Surgery Predictive (GASP) score Congratulations to Dr Fabrice Lele Mutombo, winner of the 2025 COSECSA BJS Prize. 🎥 Watch on BJS Academy: buff.ly/lPsyyTI #surgery
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In December 2025, the 25th College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA) Scientific Conference took place in Burundi. Dr. Fabrice Lele Mutombo won the BJS Prize for his paper…
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⚕️ Oxygenated hypothermic machine perfusion of older kidneys donated after circulatory death reduces cardiolipin release in perfusate and impacts certain clinical outcomes ➡️ buff.ly/doaaLfj Ella Hobbs delivers her Patey Prize session presentation from the SRS 2026 Annual Meeting.
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Ella Hobbs delivers her Patey Prize session presentation: 'Oxygenated hypothermic machine perfusion of older kidneys donated after circulatory death reduces cardiolipin release in perfusate and…
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🆕Correspondence: Defining the what, building the how: a call for integrated guidance in global surgery ➡️ doi.org/10.58974/bjs...
🩸 Pharmacological interventions for intermittent claudication ➡️ buff.ly/kzPUQzV Listen into to Professor Marc Bailey's lecture "Claudication: the multi-professional team - Pharmacological interventions for intermittent claudication" delivered at the 2025 VSGBI Annual Scientific Meeting.
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Listen into to Professor Marc Bailey's lecture "Claudication: the multi-professional team - Pharmacological interventions for intermittent claudication" delivered at the 2025 Vascular Society of…
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👏 Wishing our colleagues at The Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI) all the best for their 2026 Annual Meeting in Belfast! ➡️https://buff.ly/tNc5YVk 🚨 Join Professor Dion Morton for the 2026 BJS Lecture “Foxtrot through the decades" at #ACPGBI2026 on 6 July 🔬✨
🐺 When every scan is flagged as urgent… is anything really urgent? In the latest instalment of his popular series 'A view from the dark side', radiologist Dr Paul McCoubrie explores how alert fatigue, defensive reporting, and inbox overload create unintended risks 🔗 buff.ly/LRAUKtL #surgsky
🏆 RCT of the Month: Long-term outcomes after laparoscopic versus open adhesiolysis for small bowel obstruction: The LASSO randomized clinical trial ➡️ buff.ly/SGkgr4m 🗨️The only RCT in this space confirms laparoscopy offers no long-term advantage over open adhesiolysis. #rct #surgery
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Räty P, Mentula P, Haukijärvi E, Juusela R, Wilkström H, Koivukangas V et al. JAMA Surg 2026; 161: 381-388. Some 100 patients were included, and recurrence of small bowel obstruction was not…
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🎥 How can junior doctors make a meaningful impact in global health, global surgery and advocacy? Watch Tatenda Mbanje’s presentation ▶️ buff.ly/hIu5xaA #surgsky #medsky
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Tatenda (Cassandra) Mbanje presents 'Coming to the table: A junior doctor's guide to global health, global surgery and advocacy' first delivered in April 2026 at the International Surgery Week in…
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IPa-Gastric Trial: Can intraperitoneal paclitaxel change the outlook for gastric cancer with peritoneal metastases? This international phase III trial is now recruiting centres across Europe, with the potential to shape future standards of care for Western patients. 🔗 buff.ly/VBoKy8M #medsky
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Gastric cancer with peritoneal metastases is one of the most challenging clinical situations we face. Despite real advances in systemic therapy over the past decade, median overall survival for these…
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🆕 CORRESPONDENCE Sleep apnoea in patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery: prospective cohort study 🗨️ Comment on buff.ly/NOmPMIn 🖊️ Author response buff.ly/jj0SuVw #surgery #surgeon @bjsopen.bsky.social
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Correspondence to: Karl A. Franklin (email: karl.franklin@umu.se) Department of Diagnostics and Intervention, Surgery Umeå University
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🆕 CORRESPONDENCE Non-operative management of mismatch repair-deficient (dMMR) / micro satellite instability-high (MSI-H) colorectal cancer treated with immunotherapy 🗨️ Comment buff.ly/nkQQVXw 🖊️ Response buff.ly/pFhsV5H #surgsky #medsky @bjsurgery.bsky.social
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Correspondence to: Yugui Lian (email: fcclianyg@zzu.edu.cn) Department of Colorectal Surgery The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University
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🏆 Article of the Month Our most-read article this month is the PANENCA trial—an international study evaluating whether a simple bundle approach can reduce major complications after high-risk pancreatoduodenectomy. 🔗 buff.ly/7JuytPE #surgsky #medsky
🩺 Congratulations to the 2025 Vascular Society BJS Prize winner Dr Alexander Crichton "Non-contrast MRI Identifies Non-Crossable Arterial Plaque Composition and is Corroborated with Histology in an Amputated Limb CLTI Study." 🎥 buff.ly/6HlyOV4 #surgsky #medsky
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As a part of our 2026 vascular series, we are delighted to bring you the BJS Prize Session from the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland’s Annual Scientific Meeting, held in Hull in November…
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How much should the public know about a leader's health? From concealed disability and secret surgeries to the unanswered questions surrounding his final illness, the medical history of President Franklin D. Roosevelt remains one of the most fascinating in modern history. 🔗 buff.ly/ZInT92l
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the thirty-second president (March 4, 1933 - April 12, 1945). The image shows FDR at Hill Top Cottage in Hyde Park, NY, together with his Scottish terrier Fala and Ruth…
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🔍WebSurg focus - Bariatric surgery ➡️ buff.ly/QCsa9VQ 🌐Continuing our partnership with WebSurg, we bring you June's focus of the month🚀 #medsky #surgsky
