Professor Keith Roberts, the author of the leading article discusses the articles in this important area. We also talk to Professor Steven Wexner about the possibilities and limitations of social media when used in the field of surgical science.

Wendy Barnaby talks to Professor John Reynolds about national registries for oesophagogastric cancer and issues from the December 2016 issue of BJS

Three authors discuss their articles on biofilm formation, vaccines and glucose levels from the special issue on surgical infections

Three authors included in the special issue on surgery in the elderly (volume 103, issue 2), discuss the issues surrounding treatment and care of the older patient.

JM van Rij, JS Lindholt and JJ Earnshaw discuss the July 2015 issue of BJS (volume 102, issue 8), which contains a number of articles on abdominal aortic aneurysms.

D. Scott-Coombes, President of the British Association of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgeons, discusses the March 2015 issue of BJS (volume 102, issue 4), which contains a leading article, three invited reviews and an original article on the subject of endocrine surgery.

BJS, Treatment of varicose veins and cost-effectiveness Julie Brittenden, Bruce Campbell and Dan Carradice discuss the various treatment options available for varicose veins, and their associated quality of life outcomes and cost-effectiveness.

Areas discussed include breast cancer treatment influenced by molecular subtype, the slow movement towards towards breast-conserving surgery after NACT, and next-generation sequencing.

Mr Jonothan Earnshaw, Joint Chief Editor of BJS, discusses contents of this issue.

The development of emergency surgery as a surgical specialty in its own right is discussed along with the growing burden of global disease requiring emergency surgery.

Surgeons’ well-being after surgical complications

Deep vein thrombosis: a Leading Article by Mr Gerry Stansby and an original article by Mr Bruce Braithwaite on the subject of venous thromboembolism are published in the July 2013 issue of BJS. In this podcast, they both discuss how vascular units would need to work differently to follow recent treatment guidelines from NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence).

GMr Jonothan Earnshaw, Joint Chief Editor of BJS, discusses contents of this issue.

Gastrointestinal cancer: to accompany publication of the BJS Special Issue entitled Improving Outcomes in Gastrointestinal Cancer, we have produced a podcast in which Professor Ara Darzi, Professor Des Winter and Dr Christianne Buskens discuss what we hoped to achieve by focussing on one area of cancer..

Two articles are published in the September 2012 issue of BJS on the topic of wound dressings in the prevention of surgical-site infection in surgical wounds and evidence-based decisions for local and systemic wound care. D. T. Ubbink, C. J. Walter and S. Palfreyman discuss the issues.

Abdominal aortic aneuryms: Two articles on AAAs are discussed by Professor Janet Powell from Imperial College, London. Mr Jonothan Earnshaw, Joint Chief Editor of BJS, describes the work of the NHS AAA Screening Programme in England..

Mr Mike Silva and Mr Gavin Pettigrew, who are both authors on the papers, discuss the problem of acute shortage of donor organs and the alternative use of organs from donors whose hearts have stopped beating.

Colorectal: The April 2012 issue of BJS has a colorectal theme with several papers published on the subject. Professor Des Winter, BJS editor, picks out two of them to discuss in further detail with Mr Jonothan Earnshaw, Joint Chief Editor of BJS.

Trauma: This podcast was recorded to accompany the publication of the BJS supplement dedicated to trauma.

Bariatrics 2: This podcast discusses the cost implications of bariatric surgery and the main complications that occur after surgery