Using Days Alive and Out of Hospital to measure inequities and explore pathways through which inequities emerge after coronary artery bypass grafting in Aotearoa New Zealand: a secondary data analysis using a retrospective cohortLuke Boyle, Elana Curtis, Sarah-Jane Paine, Jade Tamatea, Thomas Lumley, Alan Forbes Merry
3 February 2025
Spatial and temporal changes of breast-conserving surgery rates and its influential factors among Chinese patients with breast cancer from 2013 to 2019: a registry-based studyQueran Lin, Shunrong Li, Tongrui Shang, Xiujuan Gui, Liling Zhu, Yuan Yang, Ziliang Zhong, Xiaoyu Wang, Lingyan Dai, Jianli Zhao, Yanjie Xu, Qianru Chen, Qing Yan, Xiaoliang Huang, Wei HuSee the full list of authors
2 February 2025
NIFTy: near-infrared fluorescence (NIRF) imaging to prevent postsurgical hypoparathyroidism (PoSH) after thyroid surgery—a phase II/III pragmatic, multicentre randomised controlled trial protocol in patients undergoing a total or completion thyroidectomyJulie Croft, Gemma Ainsworth, Neil Corrigan, Katie Gordon, Anna Perry, Maureen Twiddy, Mark Strachan, Jonathan Wadsley, Hisham Mehanna, Neil Sharma, Elizabeth Glenister, Deborah D Stocken, Sabapathy Prakash P Balasubramanian
30 January 2025
Understanding the impact of racism on surgical outcomes in settler nation-states USA and Canada: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysisIfeoluwa Adedipe, Tyara Marchand, Saffa Aziz, Mirna Matta, Mary Brindle, Oluwatomilayo Daodu
29 January 2025
Exploratory study of patients’ and carers’ preferences for postdischarge surgical wound monitoring using survey and interviewsJudith Tanner, Lyn Brierley Jones, Nigel Westwood, Melissa Rochon, Catherine Wloch, Luke J Rogers, Ricky Vaja, Jeremy Dearling, Keith Wilson, Pauline Harrington, Colin S Brown, Gavin Murphy
25 January 2025
Protocol for a multicentre, prospective, open-label, randomised controlled trial to compare PROs and safety outcomes between preoperative and postmastectomy radiotherapy in locally advanced breast cancer patients with immediate reconstruction via a deep inferior epigastric perforator flap (CAPPELLA) in ChinaShuang Hao, Jianjing Hou, Li Zhang, Changming Zhou, Yifeng Hou, Keda Yu, Zhen Hu, Guangyu Liu, Genhong Di, Zhi Min Shao, Xiaoli Yu, Jiong Wu
20 January 2025
Exploring surgeon behavioural factors impacting the quality of care: protocol for a scoping reviewBhavan Dhaliwal, Doris Goubran, Orest Fylyma, Ina Siwach, Nicole Askin, Maziar Fazel Darbandi, Megan Delisle
14 January 2025
Protocol for the development of a global core outcome set for the surgical treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer: a literature review and international Delphi surveyDaniël J van de Berg, Christiaan F Mooij, A S Paul van Trotsenburg, Faridi S Jamaludin, Hanneke M van Santen, Sarah C Clement, Menno R Vriens, Eveline Bruinstroop, Schelto Kruijff, Robin P Peeters, Frederik A Verburg, Romana T Netea-Maier, Angelique Seur, Els J M Nieveen van Dijkum, Anton F EngelsmanSee the full list of authors
11 January 2025
Study protocol for a Prospective Observational study of Safety Threats and Adverse events in Trauma (PrO-STAT): a pilot study at a level-1 trauma centre in CanadaAnisa Nazir, Melissa McGowan, Eliane M Shore, Charles Keown-Stoneman, Teodor Grantcharov, Brodie Nolan
4 January 2025
Impact of bone quality on surgical decision-making in total hip arthroplasty: a qualitative analysis in the UKMonil Karia, Alex Abouharb, Sanjeeve Sabharwal, Stella Mavroveli, Justin Cobb
2 January 2025