Surgery

Inequality of trauma care under a single-payer universal coverage system in Taiwan: a nationwide cohort study from the National Health Insurance Research Database
Ling-wei Kuo, Chih-Yuan Fu, Chien-An Liao, Chien-Hung Liao, Chi-Hsun Hsieh, Shang-Yu Wang, Shao-Wei Chen, Chi-Tung Cheng

BMJ Open Nov 2019, 9 (11) e032062; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032062
Perineural local anaesthetic catheter after major lower limb amputation trial (PLACEMENT): results from a randomised controlled feasibility trial
David C Bosanquet, Graeme K Ambler, Cherry-Ann Waldron, Emma Thomas-Jones, Lucy Brookes-Howell, Mark Kelson, Timothy Pickles, Debbie Harris, Sarah Milosevic, Deborah Fitzsimmons, Neeraj Saxena, Christopher P Twine

BMJ Open Nov 2019, 9 (11) e029233; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029233
CRISTAL: protocol for a cluster randomised, crossover, non-inferiority trial of aspirin compared to low molecular weight heparin for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in hip or knee arthroplasty, a registry nested study
Verinder Singh Sidhu, Steven E Graves, Rachelle Buchbinder, Justine Maree Naylor, Nicole L Pratt, Richard S de Steiger, Beng H Chong, Ilana N Ackerman, Sam Adie, Anthony Harris, Amber Hansen, Maggie Cripps, Michelle Lorimer, Steve Webb, Ornella Clavisi, Elizabeth C Griffith, Durga Anandan, Grace O'Donohue, Thu-Lan Kelly, Ian A Harris

BMJ Open Nov 2019, 9 (11) e031657; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031657
Volume and in-hospital mortality after emergency abdominal surgery: a national population-based study
Deirdre M Nally, Jan Sørensen, Gintare Valentelyte, Laura Hammond, Deborah McNamara, Dara O Kavanagh, Ken Mealy

BMJ Open Nov 2019, 9 (11) e032183; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032183
Mesh fixation technique for inguinal hernia repair: protocol for an umbrella review with integrated and updated network meta-analysis
Suphakarn Techapongsatorn, Amarit Tansawet, Wisit Kasetsermwiriya, Oraluck Pattanaprateep, Ammarin Thakkinstian

BMJ Open Oct 2019, 9 (10) e031742; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031742
What is the evidence for efficacy, effectiveness and safety of surgical interventions for plantar fasciopathy? Protocol for a systematic review
C Siân MacRae, Andrew J Roche, Tim J Sinnett, Neil E O'Connell

BMJ Open Oct 2019, 9 (10) e031407; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031407
Study protocol for VIdeo assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy versus conventional Open LobEcTomy for lung cancer, a UK multicentre randomised controlled trial with an internal pilot (the VIOLET study)
Eric Lim, Tim Batchelor, Michael Shackcloth, Joel Dunning, Niall McGonigle, Tim Brush, Lucy Dabner, Rosie Harris, Holly E Mckeon, Sangeetha Paramasivan, Daisy Elliott, Elizabeth A Stokes, Sarah Wordsworth, Jane Blazeby, Chris A Rogers

BMJ Open Oct 2019, 9 (10) e029507; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029507
Evaluation of the role of transhepatic flow in postoperative outcomes following major hepatectomy (THEFLOW): study protocol for a single-centre, non-interventional cohort study
Mohammad Golriz, Anastasia Lemekhova, Elias Khajeh, Omid Ghamarnejad, Mohammed Al-Saeedi, Oliver Strobel, Thilo Hackert, Beat Müller-Stich, Martin Schneider, Christoph Berchtold, Parham Tinoush, Philipp Mayer, De-Hua Chang, Karl Heinz Weiss, Katrin Hoffmann, Arianeb Mehrabi

BMJ Open Oct 2019, 9 (10) e029618; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029618
Ward-based Goal-Directed Fluid Therapy (GDFT) in Acute Pancreatitis (GAP) trial: study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial
Farid Froghi, Fiammetta Soggiu, Federico Ricciardi, Kurinchi Gurusamy, Daniel S Martin, Jeshika Singh, Sulman Siddique, Christine Eastgate, Maria Ciaponi, Margaret McNeil, Helder Filipe, Otto Schwalowsky-Monks, Gretchelle Asis, Massimo Varcada, Brian R Davidson

BMJ Open Oct 2019, 9 (10) e028783; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028783
Can a smartphone-delivered tool facilitate the assessment of surgical site infection and result in earlier treatment? Tracking wound infection with smartphone technology (TWIST): protocol for a randomised controlled trial in emergency surgery patients
Kenneth A McLean, Katie E Mountain, Catherine A Shaw, Thomas M Drake, Riinu Ots, Stephen R Knight, Cameron J Fairfield, Alessandro Sgrò, Richard J E Skipworth, Stephen J Wigmore, Mark A Potter, Ewen M Harrison

BMJ Open Oct 2019, 9 (10) e029620; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029620

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