🔖 Cultivating excellence: a fireside chat ➡️ buff.ly/v3TjtiH Ellen Petry Leanse in conversation with Dr Rebecca Kraus for the BJS Lecture at the 2025 Swiss Society of Surgery's annual meeting. @bjsurgery.bsky.social #medsky #surgsky

📢Transplant Week 📢 For transplant week, we want to recognise our 2025 BJS Award winner, James Shapiro for his ground-breaking "Edmonton Protocol". Check out the full 2025 Award page ➡️https://www.bjsacademy.com/page/bjs-award/bjs-award-2025 @bjsopen.bsky.social @bjsurgery.bsky.social

Decreasing aortic diameter and decreasing prevalence of infrarenalaortic aneurysms in a population-based screening programme ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/bjs/...

🆕Team design as innovation in perioperative care: the case of HPB anesthesiology ➡️https://buff.ly/U5wd2VX "Change takes time – in all fields, including surgery... But not all improvements require new technology." @halletjulie.bsky.social #surgery #team #HPB #medsky #surgsky

📢Transplant Week 📢 In honour of transplant week, we encourage you revisit 2025 BJS Lecture, delivered by Rutger Ploeg, MD PhD FRCS FEBS Curiosity, commitment & collaboration… of molecules & machines 📽️ Watch it: buff.ly/Xk81G0L #medsky #surgsky @bjsurgery.bsky.social @bjsopen.bsky.social

Prognosis of lymph node metastasis confined to lateral pelvic or mesenteric nodes in mid–low rectal cancer: multicentre retrospective cohort study ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/bjso... @bjsacademy.bsky.social @bjsurgery.bsky.social

Hiatal hernia after open versus minimally invasive transthoracic oesophagectomy for cancer ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/bjso... @bjsacademy.bsky.social @bjsurgery.bsky.social

🆕📚BJS Bookshelf: Atomic Habits by James Clear ➡️https://buff.ly/uOuvkKv "Success is less about willpower and more about the environments and routines we intentionally build to support the behaviours we want. - Review from Wissam Benhami #surgery #bookreview #books #surgeon

🚨 TICK TOCK! 🚨 Are you a surgical trainee or young surgeon with a story to tell? Theme: My Most Rewarding Day as a Surgical Trainee 🩺 📝 Up to 500 words — or 🎥 5-minute video 📅 Deadline: 30 September 2025 📧 Send to: [email protected] 📖 Selected entries will be published on BJS Academy!

🆕Ultra-low dose superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle injection for sentinel lymph node detection in breast cancer: prospective cohort study 🗨️Comment buff.ly/l5SqgxQ ✍️ Response buff.ly/RpdD9Fs 📖 Paper published in @BJSurgery.bsky.social What’s your take on this? #surgery #surgsky

🆕Author response: Missing the split? Reconsidering the scope of biliary complications in the classification proposed at the BileducTx meeting Read the full response at ➡️ buff.ly/ITQf00E 📖 Paper published in @BJSurgery.bsky.social What’s your take on this? #surgsky

Breast satisfaction and health-related quality of life following total mastectomy, breast-conserving surgery, or immediate breast reconstruction in Japanese patients with breast cancer: multicentre cross-sectional controlled study (Reborn) ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/bjso...

International BEST-CLI Collaborative: next steps to create a coordinated global initiative to improve awareness and access while reducing mortality and amputation for patients with chronic limb-threatening ischaemia ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/bjs/...

Validation of the Swiss-Finnish Bariatric Metabolic Outcome Scorewithin a large prospective registry cohort ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/bjs/...

Read our @young_bjs article! Perineal reconstruction for advanced pelvic malignancies ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/bjs/...

This analysis identifies younger age and former smoker status, both acknowledged as risk factors for relapse, as predictors of greater benefit from appendicectomy in UC patients in remission without advanced medical therapy

1⃣Both continued weight loss beyond the initial nadir and substantial weight regain (>50% of lost weight) were associated with significantly increased risks of major cardiovascular events and death (HRs ~1.5–1.8)

Patterns and outcomes of disease recurrence after pelvic exenteration for locally recurrent rectal cancer ➡️https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znaf154

These findings support efforts to expand living donor programmes. Work by James Murray, Annabel Luke, David Wallace, Chris Callaghan, Linda D Sharples

Comparison of outcomes after living and deceased donor kidney transplantation: UK national cohort study 🇬🇧 ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/bjs/...

🩺 Systematic review: 13 studies (157 932 patients) examined ICU vs ward/intermediate care after vascular surgery

Intensive care after vascular surgery: systematic review ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/bjs/...

- With techniques like ALND, axillary management, nipple-sparing mastectomy, and oncoplastic surgery, the need for highly specialized breast surgeons is greater than ever.

BJS commission on the surgical management of the axilla in breast cancer ➡️https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znaf125

🆕Birth rates and fertility are not the same 🗨️Comment buff.ly/98XAW7Z ✍️ Response buff.ly/Cyd3r0X 📖 Paper published in @BJSurgery.bsky.social What’s your take on this? 💬 Let us know below ⬇️ #surgery

📢Calling all those interested in Surgical Writing and Editing! 💻The BJS Institute in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh offers online Surgical Writing courses. Course description ➡️https://buff.ly/1luKHMS PgCert overview ⏩https://buff.ly/NUa5N05 #SurgicalWriting #OnlineClass

Incidence, treatment, and survival of patients with appendiceal adenocarcinomas and low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasms: linked Swedish national registry study ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/bjso... @bjsacademy.bsky.social @bjsurgery.bsky.social

Anastomotic leakage after ileoanal pouch surgery: risk factors and salvage rate ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/bjso... @bjsacademy.bsky.social @bjsurgery.bsky.social

⚕️ The science of changing clinical practice and culture ➡️ buff.ly/FVN58pU Dana Telem presents her BJS Lecture from the 2025 ASGBI International Surgical Congress. #surgery @asgbi.bsky.social #medsky #surgsky @bjsurgery.bsky.social @bjsopen.bsky.social

🎓 Funding available for educational activities in your organisation! Apply now for a #BJSLecture to invite top speakers by supporting travel & accommodation costs. Deadline: 1 November ⏳ 🌍 Check out an example lecture here: buff.ly/mbw7CId #surgsky #medsky

🚨 Surgical trainee or young surgeon? Submit to our essay competition! 🚨 Theme: My Most Rewarding Day as a Surgical Trainee 🩺 📝 Up to 500 words — or 🎥 5-minute video 📅 Deadline: 30 September 2025 📧 Send to: [email protected] 📖 Selected entries will be published on BJS Academy!

Effect of intraoperative autotransfusion use during liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma on recurrence-free survival: comparative study with propensity score matching ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/bjso... @bjsacademy.bsky.social @bjsurgery.bsky.social

Tolerability, toxicity, and outcomes following surgical and non-surgical approaches to the management of patients with locally advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma: multicentre retrospective cohort study ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/bjso... @bjsacademy.bsky.social @bjsurgery.bsky.social

🏥 Peritoneal surface malignancy ➡️ buff.ly/c7p4zVv 🗨️ Systematic exploration of targeted regions will decrease the risk of incomplete cytoreductive surgery; essential sites depend on primary tumor and the extent and distribution of peritoneal metastases. - Johanne Gormsen @bjsurgery.bsky.social

🆕📚BJS Bookshelf: Your Heart, My Hands by Atul K. Singh, MD ➡️ buff.ly/N05KLgT "Aspiring surgeons and professionals alike should read this not only for inspiration but for much-needed professional reflection." - Review from Saarim Bari #surgery #bookreview #books #surgeon #medsky #surgsky #booksky

🆕📚BJS Bookshelf: Your Heart, My Hands by Atul K. Singh, MD ➡️https://buff.ly/N05KLgT "Aspiring surgeons and professionals alike should read this not only for inspiration but for much-needed professional reflection." - Review from Saarim Bari #surgeon #medsky #surgsky #booksky

⭐️SURGICAL CLINICAL TRIALS ➡️https://buff.ly/W8seS41 🤿Dive into the latest review of #RandomizedClinicalTrials published in the leading surgical journals worldwide✨ Explore insights on #HPB, #UpperGI, #Hernia, #General, #Vascular, and #Breast surgery. @JJEarnshaw.bsky.social

I'm fascinated by decision-making and it's central role in clinical practice. But also it is hard these days and I explore why in my latest column

🧠Surgery isn’t about dexterity—it’s about judgement. ➡️ buff.ly/NNRATp4 In his latest blog, Paul reflects on clinical decision-making, its pitfalls, and the modern epidemic of decision paralysis in hospitals. @pmccoubrie.bsky.social #medsky #surgsky #surgeon

📢 Looking for funding to support educational activities within your organisation? 🎓 Apply now for funding opportunities! 🌍 Opportunities include: 👉Support a #BJSLecture 👉Award the #BJSPrize for best paper 👉Support additional educational initiatives? ⏳Deadline: 1 November ⏳ ➡️ buff.ly/fE2MpXt

🚨Only a few weeks remain 🚨 ➡️ buff.ly/GS2zfBR 📝 Up to 500 words — or 🎥 5-minute video 📅 Deadline: 30 September 2025 📧 Send to: [email protected] 📖 Selected entries published on BJS Academy!

🥇 Had a look at our 2025 BJS Award page yet? ➡️ buff.ly/aodySWJ 📄 Be sure to check out our IN THE NEWS section including the recent coverage by the Edmonton Journal ➡️ buff.ly/LgsgHeZ #medsky #surgsky

🧵 The NEON Trial asked: Do digital nerves always need suturing? 🔹 122 patients 🔹 17 NHS hospitals 🔹 Alignment vs. suture repair 📄 Trial published in @BJSurgery.bsky.social 🖋️ Author insights on BJS Academy: ➡️

🏆 Learn all about the 2025 BJS Award Winner, Professor James Shapiro—everything in one place: ➡️ buff.ly/aodySWJ 🧢 Put your thinking caps on! Nominations for the 2027 BJS Award open in April 2026. #medsky #surgsky

Capsular contractures following implant-based breast reconstruction in women undergoing risk-reducing mastectomy: national register-based study ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/bjso... @bjsacademy.bsky.social @bjsurgery.bsky.social

🏆 Learn all about the 2025 BJS Award Winner, Professor James Shapiro—everything in one place: ➡️ www.bjsacademy.com/page/bjs-awa... 🧢 Put your thinking caps on! Nominations for the 2027 BJS Award open in April 2026. #BJS #SurgicalExcellence #LeadingSurgicalEducation

Predictors of maintained remission at one year following appendicectomy in ulcerative colitis: post-hoc analysis of the ACCURE trial ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/bjs/...

📢 Calling trainee organisations, student bodies and organisations that are not a #BJSFoundation partner! Interested in applying for funding to support education? Application deadline: 1 November! ⏳ ➡️ www.bjsacademy.com/page/about/c... #medsky #surgsky

Comparative analysis of robotic, laparoscopic, and open ileal pouch–anal anastomosis outcomes: retrospective cohort study ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/bjso... @bjsacademy.bsky.social @bjsurgery.bsky.social