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Liver transplantation
Guest Edited by Sami Akbulut and Gianluca Rompianesi
Bariatric surgery
Guest Edited by Arda Isik and Imtiaz Wani
Pancreatic cancer surgery
Guest Edited by Marcello Di Martino and Michael El Boghdady.
Editors' picks
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Clinical outcomes of minimally invasive duodenum-preserving pancreatic head resection
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Incidence of appendiceal neoplasms in appendectomy patients
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Comparison between P-POSSUM and NELA risk score for patients undergoing emergency laparotomy in Egyptian patients
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Laparoscopic resection for gastric schwannoma larger than 30 mm with long-term outcomes
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Furuncular myiasis of the breast caused by the larvae of the Tumbu fly (Cordylobia anthropophaga)
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Epiploic appendagitis – clinical characteristics of an uncommon surgical diagnosis
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Age and HPV type as risk factors for HPV persistence after loop excision in patients with high grade cervical lesions: an observational study
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Spigelian hernia in the right upper abdominal wall: a case report
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Surgical physiology of inguinal hernia repair - a study of 200 cases
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BMC Surgery is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on surgical research, training, and practice.
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