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BJS Academy
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Leading lifelong #surgicaleducation.

The BJS Academy is the educational arm of the BJS Foundation. A hub to meet, learn, be mentored, discuss, listen and understand the education and accreditation opportunities available.

https://www.bjsacademy.com/
💜 Oesophageal cancer awareness month: Evaluation of pathological complete response as a surrogate endpoint for overall survival in resectable oesophageal cancer: integrated analysis of individual patient data from phase III trials

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February 14, 2026 at 10:42 AM
💜Oesophageal cancer awareness month: Implementation and effectiveness of robot-assisted minimally invasive oesophagectomy (RAMIO): a systematic review using the IDEAL
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Published in @bjsurgery.bsky.social

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February 13, 2026 at 10:25 AM
💟 February is Oesophageal cancer awareness month
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Read the 🆕 blog and check out 6️⃣ of the most important studies published in @bjsurgery.bsky.social and @bjsopen.bsky.social from the past year

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February 13, 2026 at 7:15 AM
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👇This is a really good initiative. Review a book that you have read and send it through to the BJS #BookMedSky
📚#BJSBookshelf: Call for submissions!

⭐️ Read any books you think Surgeons should read?

Send your recommendations to the #BJSBookshelf to get your book review published online!

📧Email katie@bjsacademy.com for consideration

To read past reviews like Begum's
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February 12, 2026 at 1:08 AM
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As ever, my intentions are perfectly serious, clothed in humour
🚨 All roads lead to outsourcing?
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📈 Imaging demand up.
👩‍⚕️ Workforce down.
💷 Outsourcing up.

🆕 Blog by @pmccoubrie.bsky.social takes on the realities behind outsourced radiology — why it’s now unavoidable, why it’s controversial, and what needs to change.
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Welcome back to Dr Paul McCoubrie’s a 'view from the dark side' — a series looking at the world of surgery through the lens of a radiologist. _______________________ The UK National Health Service…
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February 12, 2026 at 7:44 PM
🚨 All roads lead to outsourcing?
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📈 Imaging demand up.
👩‍⚕️ Workforce down.
💷 Outsourcing up.

🆕 Blog by @pmccoubrie.bsky.social takes on the realities behind outsourced radiology — why it’s now unavoidable, why it’s controversial, and what needs to change.
#medsky #surgsky
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Welcome back to Dr Paul McCoubrie’s a 'view from the dark side' — a series looking at the world of surgery through the lens of a radiologist. _______________________ The UK National Health Service…
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February 11, 2026 at 8:04 PM
📚#BJSBookshelf: Call for submissions!

⭐️ Read any books you think Surgeons should read?

Send your recommendations to the #BJSBookshelf to get your book review published online!

📧Email katie@bjsacademy.com for consideration

To read past reviews like Begum's
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February 10, 2026 at 8:07 PM
😷#RCT: Effect of standard wound dressing versus prophylactic closed incision negative-pressure therapy on surgical-site infection after open incisional hernia repair
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💬 Small study, routine use of closed incision negative pressure therapy is not supported. - Jenny Moon #surgsky
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Lindmark M, Tall J, Darkahi B, Österberg J, StrigÃ¥rd K, Thorell A, Gunnarsson U. BJS 2025; 112: znaf169. This multicenter RCT involving 192 patients with midline hernias undergoing laparoscopic…
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February 8, 2026 at 9:52 AM
🏆 #RCT of the Month: A preventive care strategy to reduce moderate or severe acute kidney injury after major surgery (BigpAK-2); a multinational, randomised clinical trial
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🗨️ Patient-centred care boosts quality of life, even when bowel dysfunction persists. -Jenny Moon #surgsky
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Garfinkle R, Demian M, Sabboobeh S, Bhatnagar S, Savard J, Drolet S et al. Ann Surg 2025; 282: 361-370. Some 160 patients undergoing stoma closure after low anterior resection received either…
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February 7, 2026 at 8:08 AM
🏥 Perioperative nutrition—ongoing challenges in the era of ERAS
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🗨️Screening tools for identification of high-risk patients, preoperative nutritional therapy if possible, encourage early oral feeding, consider supplementary enteral or parenteral nutrition... - Johanne Gormsen
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Strobel RM, Weimann A, Wobith M. BJS 2025; 112: znaf238.
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February 6, 2026 at 5:18 PM
🏥 Perf-Act BreCon: A Prospective Case-control Study to Compare Tissue Perfusion between RetrActors and Non-retractors during Immediate Breast ReConstruction
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​ To collect clinical evidence to demonstrate the difference in trauma caused to the breast tissues due to current surgical practices. In the UK, 55,000 cases of breast cancer are diagnosed every…
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February 5, 2026 at 4:31 PM
⚠️ Risk aware or risk averse?
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“I think we often fail our patients, particularly denying them operations that are not life-saving, so not seen as “necessary”, but where the quality of life for this person can be improved by surgery.” @doctorhelgi.bsky.social #surgsky #medsky
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Last year, I anaesthetised a woman for a diagnostic procedure. This is hardly a groundbreaking way to start an article about risk, but she had been highlighted to me because of her multiple…
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February 4, 2026 at 5:35 PM
🆕 Laparoscopic reduction of transverse colon and greater omentum from left chest, repair of giant para conduit/diaphragmatic hernia with mesh and colonopexy
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A Diaphragmatic hernia following an oesophagectomy is a recognised but uncommon post-operative complication. Surgical repair can be challenging due to the distorted anatomy and prior reconstruction.…
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February 3, 2026 at 1:50 PM
The BJS Foundation is delighted to announce a new educational scientific strategic partnership for 2026 with the International Federation for the Surgery and Other Therapies for Obesity.

We look forward to collaborating closely.🙌

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February 2, 2026 at 3:02 PM
🏆ARTICLE OF THE MONTH: Surgical instruments: Kelly clamps
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This episode of our surgical instruments series has earned Article of the Month!

👏 Well done Dr Luis Felipe Cabrera Vargas and Dr Maria Diaz

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February 1, 2026 at 7:10 AM
🏥 Decoding postoperative ileus
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🗨️Preventive strategies including minimally invasive surgery, enhanced recovery after surgery protocols and multimodal analgesia, importance of community-wide agreement on definitions. - Johanne Gormsen

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January 31, 2026 at 8:16 AM
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An essential read if you deal at all with radiologists.

Thanks @pmccoubrie.bsky.social & @bjsacademy.bsky.social

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January 26, 2026 at 11:00 AM
🩺 Presidents under the knife: Andrew Jackson

Per-Olof Hasselgren explores Andrew Jackson's osteomyelitis.

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Portrait of Andrew Jackson, 1856. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. In the public domain. Born in the Waxhaw District of South Carolina in 1767 to a…
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January 30, 2026 at 4:33 PM
🔍WebSurg focus - hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery
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🌐Continuing our partnership with IRCAD and WebSurg, we bring you January's focus of the month🚀

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January 29, 2026 at 5:13 PM
🏥How Denmark has achieved the best results in the treatment of colorectal cancer: possible in Poland?
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BJS Lecture delivered by Professor Søren Laurberg at the 72nd Congress of the Towarzystwa Chirurgów Polskich.

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January 28, 2026 at 5:22 PM
🌏 Through Editor Assistant bursaries the BJS Foundation Charity Committee supports the next generation of academic surgeons.
📹 Hear more from Rocio Anula, Charity Committee Member
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January 27, 2026 at 8:15 AM
🌏 Through Development Partnerships the BJS Foundation Charity Committee supports and promotes surgery and its development around the world.
📹 Hear more from Marja Boermeester, Charity Committee Member
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Advancing surgery worldwide: Development partnerships
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January 26, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Through BJS Institute bursaries, the BJS Foundation Charity Committee supports academic surgery courses for LMIC students around the world.
📹 Hear more from Paul Lai, Charity Committee Member
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January 25, 2026 at 8:53 AM
BJS Academy is a unique resource supporting the professional development of current and future #surgeons worldwide 🌍 by championing research and collaboration
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About BJS Academy
It is essential for surgeons to engage in life-long learning to provide patients with the best available treatments. Divided into five sections, BJS Academy is an online education resource that…
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January 24, 2026 at 10:25 AM
🔬 Postoperative complications in Hartmann’s procedure versus intersphincteric abdominoperineal excision in rectal cancer: randomized clinical trial (HAPIrect)

🗨️ Underpowered, but both appear valid options, and the decision should be individualized.

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January 24, 2026 at 9:01 AM