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First issue of BJS, published in 1913, available to download

As part of our centenary celebrations we have opened up the first issue of BJS for our readers.  Click here for a fascinating insight into the history of surgery with sections such as Instructive Mistakes, Short Notes of Rare or Obscure Cases, New Instruments and Appliances, and an Obituary of Lord Joseph Lister.  The picture to the left is of the first Chairman of the BJS Society, Lord Berkeley C. A. Moynihan.

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BJS Special Issue: Emergency Surgery - Call for Papers

BJS will publish an issue in January 2014 dedicated to the subject of emergency surgery, excluding trauma. This will be the first online-only issue of BJS and we welcome accompanying material such as videos and podcasts to be hosted alongside published articles. The closing date for submissions is 31st May 2013 and your article should be submitted through our online system, ScholarOne Manuscripts.

 

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Clinical Media Library - Image Reviewers required

BJS is scaling up the content and functionality of its online Clinical Media Library and we are recruiting a team of image reviewers to assess, approve and reject submitted content.  Please click here for more information.

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BJS Guidelines - invitation to submit proposals

BJS welcomes proposals that might lead to the publication of evidence-based guidelines relevant to surgical practice, acknowledging that the best available evidence might be no more than consensus views.  Potential authors are encouraged to submit initial ideas for consideration, and not completed documents, to assess whether publication in BJS is possible, Full instructions here.

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The June issue is now available online

Click here to access the Table of Contents.

Highlights include the following articles:

- Centenary Collection Leading Article: Surgical publishing by R.D. Madoff.  

- Transgastric appendicectomy. G. Kaehler, M.B. Schoenberg, P. Kienle, S. Post and R. Magdeburg. This article is free to access here.

- Thoracic aortic aneurysms. C.D. Bicknell and J.T. Powell.

- Expertise-based randomized clinical trial of laparoscopic versus small-incision open cholecystectomy. M.H. Rosenmüller, M. Thorén Örnberg, T. Myrnäs, O. Lundberg and E. Nilsson.

Health-related quality of life after laparoscopic and open surgery for rectal cancer in a randomized trial. J. Andersson, E. Angenete, M. Gellerstedt, U. Angerås, P. Jess, J. Rosenberg, A. Fürst, J. Bonjer and E. Haglund.  This article is free to access here.

Click here to listen to Jonothan Earnshaw, Joint Chief Editor, summarize his thoughts on the issue.

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