Oesophagectomy in the East versus the West: comparison of two national audit databases ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znaf035 The incidence of postoperative complications after oesophagectomy was nearly comparable between the Japanese and Dutch cohorts Some remarkable differences were observed between cohorts regarding baseline characteristics, such as age, BMI, and histology, as well as the approach used for an intrathoracic anastomosis These differences have to be taken into account when interpreting clinical studies from either Eastern or Western countries Work by Satoru Matsuda , Pieter van der Sluis , Hiraku Kumamaru , Feike Kingma , Hirofumi Kawakubo , Jelle Ruurda , Masayuki Watanabe , Hiroaki Miyata , Sjoerd Lagarde , Hiroya Takeuchi , Richard van Hillegersberg , Ken Shirabe , Bas P L Wijnhoven , Yuko Kitagawa #SoMe4Surgery #MedTwitter #SurgEd #Surgery @RCPSGTrainees @aecirujanos @SEIQuirurgica @iss_sic #MedicalTechniques @BJSAcademy @young_bjs @BJSOpen @des_winter @evanscolorectal @robhinchliffe1 @bplwijn @MalinASund @nfmkok @TejedorPat @paulo_sutt @PVaughanShaw @JJEarnshaw @juliomayol @ksoreide #BreastCancerAwareness #BreastSurgery #breastcancer

Inflammatory response and short-term outcomes after laparoscopic versus robotic transabdominal preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair: randomized clinical trial (ROLAIS) ➡️ doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znaf074 This RCT compared robotic-assisted transabdominal preperitoneal (R-TAPP) and conventional laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal (L-TAPP) inguinal hernia repair, demonstrating that R-TAPP was associated with reductions in surgical stress, complications, operating time, and hospital stay These findings underscore the potential advantages of robotic surgery and its role in improving short-term outcomes in inguinal hernia repair Work by Alexandros Valorenzos , Kristian A Nielsen , Karsten Kaiser , Sofie R Petersen , Per Helligsø , Allan Dorfelt , Kate L Lambertsen , Mark B Ellebæk , Michael F Nielsen #SoMe4Surgery #MedTwitter #SurgEd #Surgery @RCPSGTrainees @aecirujanos @SEIQuirurgica @iss_sic #MedicalTechniques @BJSAcademy @young_bjs @BJSOpen @des_winter @evanscolorectal @robhinchliffe1 @bplwijn @MalinASund @nfmkok @TejedorPat @paulo_sutt @PVaughanShaw @JJEarnshaw @juliomayol @ksoreide @eurohernias #hernia