Incorporating European Journal of Surgery and Swiss Surgery

A Journal formed by the union of BJS, Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica, publisher of European Journal of Surgery, and the
Swiss Society of Surgery, publisher of Swiss Surgery.
The Journal is specially related to the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Society of Academic and
Research Surgery, Spanish Society of Surgical Research, Swedish Surgical Society and Swiss Society of Surgery, and is
the official journal of the European Society for Surgical Research.

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D. Alderson, Birmingham, UK
J. J. Earnshaw, Gloucester, UK
Statistical Consultants
J. A. Cook, Oxford, UK
J. Ranstam, Lund, Sweden
J. Beynon, Swansea, UK R. J. Hinchliffe, London, UK
C. H. C. Dejong, Maastricht,
The Netherlands
K. Søreide, Stavanger, Norway
M. Sund, Umeå, Sweden
B. P. L. Wijnhoven, Rotterdam,
The Netherlands
D. C. Winter, Dublin, Ireland

Council Chairman Treasurer

O. J. Garden, Edinburgh, UK M. G. Wyatt, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Vice-Chairmen Company Secretary

A. Bergenfelz, Lund, Sweden P. R. O’Connell, Dublin, Ireland
S. Post, Mannheim, Germany

M. Besselink, Amsterdam, The Netherlands O. Farges, Paris, France

S. Breitenstein, Zurich, Switzerland R. D. Madoff, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
C. Bruns, Cologne, Germany J. Mayol, Madrid, Spain
A. H. Davies, London, UK (Society of Academic A. Montgomery, Malmö, Sweden
& Research Surgery) P. Naredi, Gothenburg, Sweden
N. Demartines, Lausanne, Switzerland D. Rew, Southampton, UK (Association of Surgeons
J. De Oca, Barcelona, Spain of Great Britain & Ireland)

Editorial Board R. J. Baigrie, South Africa J. Fawcett, Australia P. Losty, UK

M. Barczynski, Poland C. Ferrone, USA M. Makuuchi, Japan
D. Bartsch, Germany D. Flum, USA J. Manjer, Sweden
G. Beets, The Netherlands P. J. Friend, UK J. McK. Manson, UK
G. Belli, Italy H. Friess, Germany W. Marti, Switzerland
M. Besselink, The Netherlands A. Garcia, Spain A. Martling, Sweden
S. Biondo, Spain I. Garcia-Alonso, Spain R. Morgan, UK
M. Björck, Sweden H. G. Gooszen, The Netherlands S. Nicholson, UK
J. M. Blazeby, UK T. Grantcharov, Canada R. Parks, UK
J. Brockmann, Switzerland J. Herreros, Spain A. Renehan, UK
K. Brohi, UK N. Hiki, Japan X. Rogiers, Belgium
D. Candinas, Switzerland J. Hill, UK I. Schipper, The Netherlands
T. Carrel, Switzerland J. Holcomb, USA B. M. Smithers, Australia
D. Cherqui, France M. Iacobone, Italy H. W. Tilanus, The Netherlands
S. Connor, New Zealand J. Izbicki, Germany A. Tuchmann, Austria
A. de Beaux, UK K. Lassen, Norway J. van Lanschot, The Netherlands
S. di Saverio, Italy J. Laukkarinen, Finland D. Watson, Australia
F. Dick, Switzerland T. Lehnert, Germany S. Wigmore, UK
D. Doll, Germany A. Leppäniemi, Finland J. Windsor, New Zealand

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 Contents

Volume 103, Issue 10, September 2016

Front cover image: Surgeons at work. Photograph courtesy of Mr Hynek Mergental, Liver
Unit, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

Leading articles
1249 Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy
J. R. Benson and Z. E. Winters
Fashion is not science

1251 Gastric cancer from operating theatre to bench in Korea

H.-K. Yang
Lessons to be learned

Systematic reviews
1253 Systematic review of the methodological and reporting quality of case series in surgery
R. A. Agha, A. J. Fowler, S.-Y. Lee, B. Gundogan, K. Whitehurst, H. K. Sagoo, K. J. L. Jeong,
D. G. Altman and D. P. Orgill
Guidelines are needed

1259 Meta-analysis of colorectal cancer follow-up after potentially curative resection

S. Mokhles, F. Macbeth, V. Farewell, F. Fiorentino, N. R. Williams, R. N. Younes,
J. J. M. Takkenberg and T. Treasure
Does it really help?

Randomized clinical trials

1269 Randomized clinical trial of the use of glyceryl trinitrate patches to aid arteriovenous
fistula maturation
M. Field, D. McGrogan, Y. Marie, M. Joinson, C. Andujar, M. Dutton, H. Krishnan, J. Hodson,
D. van Dellen and N. G. Inston
Ineffective

1276 Randomized clinical trial of single-incision versus multiport laparoscopic colectomy

J. Watanabe, M. Ota, S. Fujii, H. Suwa, A. Ishibe and I. Endo
No advantage

Original articles
1282 Causes of excessive late death after trauma compared with a matched control cohort
M. Eriksson, O. Brattström, E. Larsson and A. Oldner
Mortality sustained for years

1290 Two-year results from a randomized clinical trial of revascularization in patients with
intermittent claudication
J. Nordanstig, C. Taft, M. Hensäter, A. Perlander, K. Österberg and L. Jivegård
Revascularization better than unsupervised exercise alone

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1300 Five-year outcomes following a randomized trial of femorofemoral and femoropopliteal

bypass grafting with heparin-bonded or standard polytetrafluoroethylene grafts
J. S. Lindholt, K. Houlind, B. Gottschalksen, C. N. Pedersen, H. Ravn, B. Viddal, G. Pedersen,
M. Rasmussen, C. Wedel and M. B. Bramsen
No difference

1306 Use of an absorbable embolization material for reversible portal vein embolization in an
experimental model
P. B. Olthof, F. Huisman, R. F. van Golen, K. P. Cieslak, K. P. van Lienden, T. Plug,
J. C. M. Meijers, M. Heger, J. Verheij and T. M. van Gulik
A temporary plug

1316 Preoperative renal dysfunction and mortality after non-cardiac surgery

J. R. Prowle, E. P. Y. Kam, T. Ahmad, N. C. E. Smith, K. Protopapa and R. M. Pearse
Increased mortality

1326 Validation of data quality in the Swedish National Register for Oesophageal and Gastric
Cancer
G. Linder, M. Lindblad, P. Djerf, P. Elbe, J. Johansson, L. Lundell and J. Hedberg
National databases can be highly accurate

1336 Alcohol and substance abuse, depression and suicide attempts after Roux-en-Y gastric
bypass surgery
O. Backman, D. Stockeld, F. Rasmussen, E. Näslund and R. Marsk
Does not fix mental health problems

1343 Diagnostic accuracy of surgeons and trainees in assessment of patients with acute
abdominal pain
Acute Abdominal Pain (AAP) Study Group
No difference

1350 Risk factors for requiring cholecystectomy for gallstone disease in a prospective
population-based cohort study
A. Talseth, E. Ness-Jensen, T.-H. Edna and K. Hveem
Associated with obesity and sedentary lifestyle

1358 Propensity score-matched analysis of robotic versusopen surgical enucleation for small
pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours
F. Tian, X.-F. Hong, W.-M. Wu, X.-L. Han, M.-Y. Wang, L. Cong, M.-H. Dai, Q. Liao,
T.-P. Zhang and Y.-P. Zhao
Robot beats surgeon

Statistical nugget
1365 Statistical analyses that provide an effect size are to be preferred
J. A. Cook and J. Ranstam

1366 Factors influencing recurrence following initial hepatectomy for colorectal liver
metastases
J. Hallet, A. Sa Cunha, R. Adam, D. Goéré, P. Bachellier, D. Azoulay, A. Ayav, E. Grégoire,
F. Navarro and P. Pessaux, on behalf of the French Colorectal Liver Metastases Working
Group, Association Française de Chirurgie (AFC)
Survival acceptable despite recurrence

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1377 Standardizing and monitoring the delivery of surgical interventions in randomized

clinical trials
N. S. Blencowe, N. Mills, J. A. Cook, J. L. Donovan, C. A. Rogers, P. Whiting and
J. M. Blazeby
Design a perfect study

1385 Comparison of the National Early Warning Score in non-elective medical and surgical
patients
C. Kovacs, S. W. Jarvis, D. R. Prytherch, P. Meredith, P. E. Schmidt, J. S. Briggs and
G. B. Smith
Effective early warning

1394 Scientific surgery

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