Announcement from the Editor in Chief Julie Ann Sosa Editorial Perspective 22 April 2021 Pages: 1617 - 1617
The World Journal of Surgery Welcomes Professor Shmuel Avital to the Editorial Board Julie Ann Sosa Editorial Perspective 19 April 2021 Pages: 1618 - 1618
The World Journal of Surgery Welcomes Dr. Liane Feldman to the Editorial Board Julie Ann Sosa Editorial Perspective 20 April 2021 Pages: 1619 - 1619
The World Journal of Surgery Welcomes Dr. Julie Miller to the Editorial Board Julie Ann Sosa Editorial Perspective 20 April 2021 Pages: 1620 - 1620
The World Journal of Surgery Welcomes Dr. Ross Roberts to the Editorial Board Julie Ann Sosa Editorial Perspective 24 April 2021 Pages: 1621 - 1621
Validity of Routinely Collected Swedish Data in the International Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Database Yin XuRuzan UdumyanUlf O Gustafsson Original Scientific Report Open access 07 April 2021 Pages: 1622 - 1629
Risk Factors for Anastomotic Leakage in Patients with Rectal Tumors Undergoing Anterior Resection within an ERAS Protocol: Results from the Swedish ERAS Database Daniel AsklidOlle LjungqvistUlf O. Gustafsson Original Scientific Report Open access 17 March 2021 Pages: 1630 - 1641
Male Patients may be More Vulnerable to Acute Kidney Injury After Colorectal Surgery in an Enhanced Recovery Program: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis Jung-Woo ShimHojun RoMin Suk Chae Original Scientific Report 15 March 2021 Pages: 1642 - 1651
Morbidity and Mortality in Patients with Perioperative COVID-19 Infection: Prospective Cohort in General, Gastroesophagic, Hepatobiliary, and Colorectal Surgery Martin InzunzaCecilia RomeroRodrigo Muñoz Original Scientific Report 21 March 2021 Pages: 1652 - 1662
Access to Essential Surgical Care in Chiapas, Mexico: A System-Wide Geospatial Analysis Fernando Carrillo-VillaseñorZachary FowlerTarsicio Uribe-Leitz Surgery in Low and Middle Income Countries 22 February 2021 Pages: 1663 - 1671
Health-Related Behaviours, HIV and Active Tuberculosis are Associated with Perioperative Adverse Events Following Emergency Laparotomy at a Tertiary Surgical Service in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Michelle T. D. SmithJohn L. BruceDamian L. Clarke Surgery in Low and Middle Income Countries 27 February 2021 Pages: 1672 - 1677
Assessment of Delays in Emergency Surgical Care and Patient Postoperative Outcomes at a Referral Hospital in Northern Rwanda Orietta AgasaroGeorgette MunezeroAbebe Bekele Surgery in Low and Middle Income Countries 26 February 2021 Pages: 1678 - 1685
The Association Between Burn Unit Census and Operative Intervention in a Resource-Limited Setting Jared GallaherLaura N. PurcellAnthony Charles Surgery in Low and Middle Income Countries 13 March 2021 Pages: 1686 - 1691
Early National Landscape of Surgical Stabilization of Sternal Fractures Jeff ChoiSuleman KhanJoseph D. Forrester Original Scientific Report 18 February 2021 Pages: 1692 - 1697
Modification of the Thermal Spread by the Blade Shape of an Ultrasonically Activated Device Shuhei KajiwaraHirokazu NoshiroKeita Kai Original Scientific Report 17 February 2021 Pages: 1698 - 1705
Strong for Surgery: Association Between Bundled Risk Factors and Outcomes After Major Elective Surgery in the VA Population Douglas Z. LiouDeven C. PatelLeah M. Backhus Original Scientific Report 17 February 2021 Pages: 1706 - 1714
Simple and Scalable Targets for Prehabilitation: The Potential of Strong for Surgery Aaron M. DelmanRobert M. Van Haren Invited Commentary 18 February 2021 Pages: 1715 - 1716
Clinical Outcomes of Acute Appendicitis During Pregnancy: Conservative Management and Appendectomy Masayuki NakashimaMasato TakeuchiKoji Kawakami Original Scientific Report 26 February 2021 Pages: 1717 - 1724
Pain Interference and Decreased Physical Function After Emergency General Surgery: Measuring Patient-Reported Outcomes Justin S. HatchimonjiAmanda L. BaderDaniel N. Holena Original Scientific Report 08 March 2021 Pages: 1725 - 1733
Diagnosis and Management of Adult Omental Infarction: 10-Year Case Series Jason DiabSarit BadianiChristophe R. Berney Original Scientific Report 15 March 2021 Pages: 1734 - 1741
Parastomal Hernia: A Retrospective Nationwide Cohort Study Comparing Different Techniques with Long-Term Follow-Up Elisa Mäkäräinen-UhlbäckJaana VironenTero Rautio Original Scientific Report Open access 09 February 2021 Pages: 1742 - 1749
Ilioinguinal Nerve Neurectomy is better than Preservation in Lichtenstein Hernia Repair: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-analysis Roberto CirocchiMarco SuteraPaolo Bruzzone Scientific Review Open access 19 February 2021 Pages: 1750 - 1760
The Issues of Post-Lichtenstein Chronic Groin Pain B. RamanaBrijesh Dube Invited Commentary 04 February 2021 Pages: 1761 - 1761
Correction to: The Issues of Post-Lichtenstein Chronic Groin Pain B. RamanaBrijesh Dube Correction 22 February 2021 Pages: 1762 - 1762
Revisiting Amyand’s Hernia: A 20-Year Systematic Review Dimitrios K. ManatakisNikolaos TasisEvaghelos Xynos Scientific Review 17 February 2021 Pages: 1763 - 1770
Long-Term Trends and Predictors of Medical Resource Utilization and Medical Outcomes in Inguinal Hernia Repair: A Nationwide Cohort Study Yi-Hung KuoChong-Chi ChiuHon-Yi Shi Original Scientific Report 03 March 2021 Pages: 1771 - 1778
Outcome Comparison between Endoscopic Transoral and Bilateral Axillo-Breast Approach Thyroidectomy Performed by a Single Surgeon Tsung-Jung LiangNai-Yu WangI-Shu Chen Original Scientific Report 27 February 2021 Pages: 1779 - 1784
Hereditary Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma: Genotype, Phenotype and Outcomes in a North Indian Cohort Ramya C ValiveruGaurav AgarwalEesh Bhatia Surgery in Low and Middle Income Countries 19 February 2021 Pages: 1785 - 1793
Pancreatoduodenectomy for Neuroendocrine Tumors in Patients with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1: An AFCE (Association Francophone de Chirurgie Endocrinienne) and GTE (Groupe d’étude des Tumeurs Endocrines) Study Nicolas SantucciSébastien GaujouxPierre Goudet Original Scientific Report Open access 01 March 2021 Pages: 1794 - 1802
Short-Term Outcomes from a Randomized Screening Phase II Non-inferiority Trial Comparing Omentectomy and Omentum Preservation for Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer: the TOP-G Trial Hitoshi MurakamiTakanobu YamadaYuji Yamamoto Original Scientific Report 10 February 2021 Pages: 1803 - 1811
Self-management Behaviors and Anthropometric Indices after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Zahra SobhaniMasood AminiSeyed Vahid Hosseini Surgery in Low and Middle Income Countries 02 March 2021 Pages: 1812 - 1817
Correction to: Self-management Behaviors and Anthropometric Indices after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Zahra SobhaniMasood AminiSeyed Vahid Hosseini Correction 19 March 2021 Pages: 1818 - 1818
Pharyngeal Pouch Surgery in Octo- and Nonagenarians is Safe and Effective: A Multicentre Comparative Cohort Study Mohamed AfzalDavid S. LiuSarah K. Thompson Original Scientific Report 19 February 2021 Pages: 1819 - 1827
iTriangular Stapling Technique: A Novel Reconstruction Method and Clinical Outcomes of Cervical Esophagogastric Anastomosis after Esophagectomy Kazunori ShibaoYuzuru InoueKeiji Hirata Original Scientific Report 20 February 2021 Pages: 1828 - 1834
Evaluation of Definitive Chemoradiotherapy Versus Radical Esophagectomy in Clinical T1bN0M0 Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Ryoma HanedaEisuke BookaYasuhiro Tsubosa Original Scientific Report 23 February 2021 Pages: 1835 - 1844
Surgical Outcome of Pancreaticoduodenectomy in Patients with a History of Roux-en-Y Reconstruction after Tumor Removal Daiki MarukawaYoshito TomimaruHidetoshi Eguchi Original Scientific Report 16 February 2021 Pages: 1845 - 1852
A Quality Assessment of the Information Accessible to Patients on the Internet About the Whipple Procedure Hussein H. KhachfeMohamad A. ChahrourFaek R. Jamali Original Scientific Report 12 February 2021 Pages: 1853 - 1859
Correlation of Intraoperative End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide Concentration on Postoperative Hospital Stay in Patients Undergoing Pylorus-Preserving Pancreaticoduodenectomy Ji-Hoon ParkHye-Mi LeeJeong-Rim Lee Original Scientific Report 16 February 2021 Pages: 1860 - 1867
A New Preoperative Risk Score for Predicting Postoperative Complications in Elderly Patients Undergoing Hepatectomy Koichi TomitaItsuki KoganezawaShigeyuki Kawachi Original Scientific Report Open access 17 February 2021 Pages: 1868 - 1876
Changes in Serum Lactate Level Predict Postoperative Intra-Abdominal Infection After Pancreatic Resection Yatong LiLixin ChenMenghua Dai Original Scientific Report 18 February 2021 Pages: 1877 - 1886
Impact of Abdominal Incision Type on Postoperative Pain and Quality of Life Following Hepatectomy Genki WatanabeTakeaki IshizawaKiyoshi Hasegawa Original Scientific Report 17 February 2021 Pages: 1887 - 1896
Pure Laparoscopic Hepatectomy for Tumors Close to the Major Hepatic Veins: Intraparenchymal Identification of the Major Hepatic Veins using the Ventral Approach Ji Hoon KimJe-Ho JangByung Sun Cho Original Scientific Report with Video 27 February 2021 Pages: 1897 - 1905
Usefulness of Serum Anti-p53 Antibody Measurement in Patients Undergoing Hepatectomy for Colorectal Liver Metastases Kazutaka KojimaJunichi ShindohMasaji Hashimoto Original Scientific Report 15 March 2021 Pages: 1906 - 1912
Elevation of High-sensitive Troponin T Predicts Mortality After Open Pancreaticoduodenectomy Aaron KlerMadhav DaveThomas Satyadas Original Scientific Report 16 March 2021 Pages: 1913 - 1920
Drain Lipase Levels and Decreased Rate of Drain Amylase Levels as Independent Predictors of Pancreatic Fistula with Nomogram After Pancreaticoduodenectomy Shuji SuzukiMitsugi ShimodaMasakazu Yamamoto Original Scientific Report 15 March 2021 Pages: 1921 - 1928
Blumgart Anastomosis After Pancreaticoduodenectomy. A Comprehensive Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression Claudio RicciCarlo IngaldiRiccardo Casadei Scientific Review Open access 15 March 2021 Pages: 1929 - 1939
Validation of the Surgical Outcome Risk Tool (SORT) for Predicting Postoperative Mortality in Colorectal Cancer Patients Undergoing Surgery and Subgroup Analysis Dimitrios E. MagouliotisDavid WalkerGeorge A. Tzovaras Original Scientific Report 18 February 2021 Pages: 1940 - 1948
Prognostic Value of Inflammatory Biomarkers in 5-Year Survival After Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in a Predominantly Male Cohort: Implications for Practice E. LecumberriC. Ruiz-CarmonaA. Clara Original Scientific Report 15 March 2021 Pages: 1949 - 1955
Letter to the Editor: Functional Voice and Swallowing Outcome Analysis After Thyroid Lobectomy: Transoral Endoscopic Vestibular Versus Open Approach Alexander J. PapachristosJulie A. Miller Letter to the Editor 25 January 2021 Pages: 1956 - 1957
Letter to the Editor: Functional Voice and Swallowing Outcome Analysis After Thyroid Lobectomy: Transoral Endoscopic Vestibular Versus Open Approach Young Jun Chai Reply, Letter to the Editor 03 March 2021 Pages: 1958 - 1959