Section Editors

  • Lewis Kaplan, Yale Medical Group
  • Philip Stahel, University of Colorado
  • Oliver Thomusch, University of Freiburg

Executive Editor

  • Tom Rowles, BioMed Central

Articles

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    Comparative outcomes in Crohn?s disease surgery

    Meta-analyses of trials with both randomised and non-randomised designs indicates a lower risk of perioperative complications and incisional hernias when laparoscopic resection is performed for Crohn’s disease compared to open resection, but no evidence of other differences.

    BMC Surgery 2013, 13:14
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    Major surgery does not exacerbate HIV

    Major abdominal emergency surgery does not have a significant effect on CD4 count (a predictor of immune status) in people with HIV, contrary to the expectation that major surgery would cause stress and depress the immune system.

    BMC Surgery 2013, 13:4
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Scope

BMC Surgery is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on surgical research, training, and practice.

It is journal policy to publish work deemed by peer reviewers to be a coherent and sound addition to scientific knowledge and to put less emphasis on interest levels, provided that the research constitutes a useful contribution to the field.

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