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The Best Original Paper Award 2020

The best paper in 2020 has been selected from all original papers that were published in the 4 issues of Surgical Practice on the recommendation of the expert panel consisting of members of the Editorial Board of the Surgical Practice.

The “Best Original Paper Award” for the year 2020 goes to: Comparison of three different surgical treatment methods, semi-open closure, primary repair, and rotational flap for pilonidal sinus (doi: 10.1111/1744-1633.12455).

The Editorial Board wishes to offer our congratulations to Dr. REZAEI and the group.

Acknowledgement to Reviewers

The Editorial Board would like to extend our sincere gratitude to the reviewers for Surgical Practice in 2020 for their tremendous contribution by giving invaluable advice to both the Board and authors.

Click here for the full list of reviewers and the number of articles reviewed by each reviewer.

Virtual Issue on Multi-Media Articles

Authors are invited to submit videos or images which are unique or highly illustrative of specific occurrences in surgery.

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Pharmacological prevention of peritoneal adhesions: Synergistic effects of sirolimus and prednisolone

S. Sri Poorani MS, Cherring Tandup MS, Bikash Medhi MD, Swapnesh Kumar Sahu MS, Lileswar Kaman MS, FRCS, Satish Subbiah Nagaraj MS, MRCS, Survadeep Mitra MD, Arunanshu Behera MS, 
  •  10 July 2025
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The use of the Patient and Observer Scar Assessment Scale (POSAS) scale to assess neck scar quality: Development of the Russian version of the POSAS and its testing in patients undergoing thyroid surgery

Simon O. Belozerov MD, Tatiana I. Ionova DSc, Tatiana P. Nikitina MD, PhD, Roman A. Chernikov MD, PhD, Arseny A. Semenov MD, PhD, Natalia A. Gorskaya MD, Milostiva Mladenovic MD, Ilya V. Sleptsov MD, PhD, 
  •  9 July 2025
CME PAGE ANSWERS

Surgical Practice February 2025 CME for Fellows

  •  119-120
  •  18 June 2025
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
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Dynamic changes of serum cytokines and their prognostic values in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma treated by thermal ablation

Kelvin K. C. Ng MBBS, MS, PhD, FRCSEd (Gen), Charing C. N. Chong MBChB, FRCSEd (Gen), Chun-Kwok Wong BSc (Hons), MPhil, PhD, FRSB (UK), Nathalie Wong BSc. (London), DPhil (Oxon), 
  •  18 June 2025
CME PAGE QUESTIONS

Surgical Practice May 2025 CME for Fellows

  •  121-122
  •  18 June 2025
IN FOCUS

Implementation of the SOMIP risk calculator in New Territories West Cluster: A journey of change management

Kevin K. F. Wong, Max W. Y. Chung, H. L. Yiu, Carmen Chan, 
  •  3 June 2025
EDITORIAL

Embedding clinical governance in the artificial intelligence era: Ensuring safe, ethical, and high-quality surgical care

Paul B. S. Lai, 
  •  66-67
  •  30 May 2025
CASE REPORT

Persistent sciatic artery aneurysm repaired by interposition graft—A case report and literature review

Wai Yin Lai MBBS, Wing Keung Stephen Cheng MS, 
  •  29 May 2025
REVIEW ARTICLE

Comparison of outcomes of laparoscopic and open pancreaticoduodenectomy: An updated meta-analysis

Mehreen Ansari, Mishkat Shehzad, Duaa Naveed Choudhry, Sohair Saleem, Muhammad Faizan, 
  •  95-110
  •  28 May 2025
CME PAGE ANSWERS

Surgical Practice November 2024 CME for Fellows

  •  58-59
  •  26 March 2025
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Laparoscopic single anastomosis sleeve ileal bypass in the surgical management of morbid obesity: A single‐centre experience

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Comparing the safety and effectiveness of surgical approaches in thymectomy

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