World Journal of Surgery: Vol 48, No 9

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ISSUE INFORMATION

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EDITORIAL PERSPECTIVE

Surgical care is critical for advancing adolescent health in low and middle-income countries

BARIATRIC SURGERY

Outcomes of revisional surgery options after inadequate sleeve gastrectomy: A comprehensive network meta-analysis

BREAST SURGERY

Unveiling perceptions regarding post mastectomy breast reconstruction: A questionnaire-based survey of patients from central India

Clinical effectiveness of transaxillary single-port endoscopic surgery in the treatment of breast benign tumor

CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY

Artificial intelligence in cardiac surgery: A systematic review

Formation of pulmonary vein stump thrombus after anatomical lung resection and anticoagulant therapy

COLORECTAL SURGERY

Clinical utility of sarcopenia dynamics assessed by psoas muscle volume in patients with colorectal cancer

GENERAL SURGERY

Long-term follow-up after incisional hernia repair: Dynamics of recurrence and patient-reported outcome

Enhanced recovery after surgery and intestinal obstruction: A scoping review

ENDOCRINE SURGERY

Prognostic significance of T3b in papillary thyroid carcinoma: Appropriateness of classifying T3bN0M0 in patients aged 55 years or older into stage II

DEI IN SURGERY

Sex differences in altmetric attention scores and traditional impact metrics of top-cited general surgery literature: Cracks in the ceiling?

This article relates to:

Invited commentary: Does social media visibility reveal any cracks in the ceiling for women surgeons' career advancement?

Invited commentary: Does social media visibility reveal any cracks in the ceiling for women surgeons' career advancement?

INVITED COMMENTARY

Invited commentary: Does social media visibility reveal any cracks in the ceiling for women surgeons' career advancement?

This article relates to:

Sex differences in altmetric attention scores and traditional impact metrics of top-cited general surgery literature: Cracks in the ceiling?

DEI IN SURGERY

Uncovering gaps in women's authorship: A big data analysis in academic surgery

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Academic women surgeons' authorship: Quality over quantity

Academic women surgeons' authorship: Quality over quantity

INVITED COMMENTARY

Academic women surgeons' authorship: Quality over quantity

This article relates to:

Uncovering gaps in women's authorship: A big data analysis in academic surgery

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

Surgeon perspectives on preference cards and environmental stewardship

A critical analysis of surgical outcomes indicators in hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery: From crude mortality to composite outcomes

GLOBAL SURGERY

A plea for urgent action: Addressing the critical shortage of cardiothoracic surgical workforce in the COSECSA region

Assessment of surgical, anesthesia, and obstetric workforce in Somalia

Optimal content for a surgical curriculum for general practice in Rwanda: A Delphi study

Making minimally invasive procedures more sustainable: A systematic review comparing the environmental footprint of single-use versus multi-use instruments

SURGICAL ONCOLOGY

Preoperative metabolic syndrome and prognosis after pancreatectomy for pancreatic cancer: A retrospective study

Mortality and failure-to-rescue after esophagectomy in the procedure-targeted National Surgical Quality Improvement Program registry

Association of county-level provider density with hepatobiliary cancer incidence and mortality

TRANSPLANT SURGERY

Untangling biliary reconstruction in liver transplants for primary sclerosing cholangitis

TRAUMA SURGERY AND CRITICAL CARE

Remimazolam has similar anesthetic effect and superior safety compared to propofol in elderly patients: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Time from injury to operative intervention in traumatic intracranial hematoma: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis

Safety of percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy performed by intensivists versus surgeons: A retrospective cohort study

Associations between hollow viscus injury and acute kidney injury in blunt abdominal trauma: A national trauma data bank analysis

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Letter to the Editor: Are low- and middle-income countries achieving the Lancet commission global benchmark for surgical volumes? A systematic review

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Authors' reply: Are low- and middle-income countries achieving the Lancet commission global benchmark for surgical volumes? A systematic review

Authors' reply: Are low- and middle-income countries achieving the Lancet commission global benchmark for surgical volumes? A systematic review

This article relates to:

Letter to the Editor: Are low- and middle-income countries achieving the Lancet commission global benchmark for surgical volumes? A systematic review

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