World Journal of Surgery: Vol 42, No 9

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Editorial Perspective

World Journal of Surgery Becomes the Official Publication of the ERAS Society

Original Scientific Report

The Impact of the Implementation of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Program in an Entire Health System: A Natural Experiment in Alberta, Canada

Improved Outcomes of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Protocol for Radical Cystectomy with Addition of a Multidisciplinary Care Process in a US Comprehensive Cancer Care Center

Respiratory Complications After Colorectal Surgery: Avoidable or Fate?

Incorporation of a Global Surgery Rotation into an Academic General Surgery Residency Program: Impact and Perceptions

Data Improvement Through Simplification: Implications for Low-Resource Settings

Changing Profile of Primary Hyperparathyroidism Over Two and Half Decades: A Study in Tertiary Referral Center of North India

Anatomic Location and Mechanism of Injury Correlating with Prehospital Deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa

Altmetric Versus Bibliometric Perspective Regarding Publication Impact and Force

The Impact of Financial Conflict of Interest on Surgical Research: An Observational Study of Published Manuscripts

The Effect of Preoperative Pneumonia on Postsurgical Mortality and Morbidity: A NSQIP Analysis

Scientific Review

Oversight in Surgical Innovation: A Response to Ethical Challenges

The Impact of Total Body Prehabilitation on Post-Operative Outcomes After Major Abdominal Surgery: A Systematic Review

Original Scientific Report

Awake Tracheostomy: Indications, Complications and Outcome

A Consensus-Based Criterion Standard for the Requirement of a Trauma Team

Invited Commentary

Commentary on ‘A Consensus-Based Criterion Standard for the Requirement of a Trauma Team:’ Low-Resource Setting Considerations

Which End of the Telescope Brings Trauma Triage into True Focus?

Original Scientific Report

A Novel Indocyanine Green Fluorescence-Guided Video-Assisted Technique for Sentinel Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer

Primary Hyperparathyroidism is Underdiagnosed and Suboptimally Treated in the Clinical Setting

Intraoperative Parathyroid Hormone Assay Remains Predictive of Cure in Renal Impairment in Patients with Single Parathyroid Adenomas

Incidental Diagnosis of Parathyroid Lesions by Preoperative Use of Next-Generation Molecular Testing

Prophylactic Central Neck Dissection for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma with Clinically Uninvolved Central Neck Lymph Nodes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Permanent Hypoparathyroidism After Total Thyroidectomy in Children: Results from a National Registry

Is Partial or Total Thyroidectomy Associated with Risk of Long-Term Osteoporosis: A Nationwide Population-Based Study

Consolidation/Tumor Ratio on Chest Computed Tomography as Predictor of Postoperative Nodal Upstaging in Clinical T1N0 Lung Cancer

Stromal PDGFR-β Expression is Associated with Postoperative Survival of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Receiving Preoperative Chemo- or Chemoradiotherapy Followed by Surgery

Prognostic Factors of Salvage Esophagectomy for Residual or Recurrent Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma After Definitive Chemoradiotherapy

Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy for Patients with cT3/Nearly T4 Esophageal Cancer: Is Sarcopenia Correlated with Postoperative Complications and Prognosis?

Preoperative Smoking Cessation is Integral to the Prevention of Postoperative Morbidities in Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy

Chemoradiotherapy for Initially Unresectable Locally Advanced Cholangiocarcinoma

Defining Early Recurrence of Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma After Curative-intent Surgery: A Multi-institutional Study from the US Extrahepatic Biliary Malignancy Consortium

Laparoscopic Versus Open Right Posterior Sectionectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a High-Volume Center: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis

Scientific Review

Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Restrictive Perioperative Fluid Management in Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Original Scientific Report

Prognostic Impact of Bacterobilia on Morbidity and Postoperative Management After Pancreatoduodenectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Original Scientific Report with Video

A Novel Classification and Staged Approach for Dissection Along the Celiac and Hepatic Artery During Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Correction(s) for this article

Correction to: A Novel Classification and Staged Approach for Dissection Along the Celiac and Hepatic Artery During Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Correction

Correction to: A Novel Classification and Staged Approach for Dissection Along the Celiac and Hepatic Artery During Pancreaticoduodenectomy

This article corrects the following:

A Novel Classification and Staged Approach for Dissection Along the Celiac and Hepatic Artery During Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Original Scientific Report

Hospital Teaching Status and Medicare Expenditures for Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery

Is Palliative Percutaneous Drainage for Malignant Biliary Obstruction Useful?

Quality of Life in Patients with Background of Iatrogenic Bile Duct Injury

Risk Factors of Postoperative Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit After Liver Transplantation

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A Novel Wound Retractor Combining Continuous Irrigation and Barrier Protection Reduces Incisional Contamination in Colorectal Surgery

Scientific Review

Laparoscopic Versus Open Transverse Colectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Innovative Surgical Techniques Around the World

Anoplasty for Post-hemorrhoidectomy Low Anal Stenosis: A New Technique

Scientific Review

Disability Weights for Pediatric Surgical Procedures: A Systematic Review and Analysis

Original Scientific Report

The Results of In Situ Prosthetic Graft Replacement for Infected Aortic Disease

Letter to the Editor

Commentary on Burke TF et al. “Safety and Feasibility of a Ketamine Package to Support Emergency and Essential Surgery in Kenya when No Anesthetist is Available: An Analysis of 1216 Consecutive Operative Procedures”

Safety and Feasibility of a Ketamine Package to Support Emergency and Essential Surgery in Kenya When No Anaesthetist is Available

Reply, Letter to the Editor

Safety and Feasibility of a Ketamine Package to Support Emergency and Essential Surgery in Kenya When No Anesthetist is Available: Reply

Correction

Correction to: Safety and Feasibility of a Ketamine Package to Support Emergency and Essential Surgery in Kenya when No Anesthetist is Available: An Analysis of 1216 Consecutive Operative Procedures

This article corrects the following:

The Impact of the Implementation of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS^®) Program in an Entire Health System: A Natural Experiment in Alberta, Canada