This Week in Surgery we will be discussing recently published articles : Annals of SurgeryImplementing Enhanced Recovery Pathways: A Qualitative Study of Factors That Distinguished Higher Performing Hospitals Neuropathic Pain After Burn Injury: A Severe and Common Problem in Recovery Association Between Whole Blood Transfusion and Mortality Among Injured Pediatric Patients Two Days Versus Five Days of Postoperative Antibiotics for Complex Appendicitis: Cost Analysis of a Randomized, Noninferiority Trial Two Days Versus Five Days of Postoperative Antibiotics for Complex Appendicitis: Cost Analysis of a Randomized, Noninferiority Trial Journal of American Medical Association SurgeryPlastic Wound Protector vs Surgical Gauze for Surgical Site Infection Reduction in Open GI Surgery British Journal of Surgery Cachexia index for prognostication in surgical patients with locally advanced oesophageal or gastric cancer: multicentre cohort study Journal of Vascular SurgerySocioeconomic factors predict successful supervised exercise therapy completion Frailty screening for determination of hemodialysis access placement Short-term mortality and revisions to promote maturation after arteriovenous fistula creation Characterization of long-term survival in Medicare patients undergoing arteriovenous hemodialysis access Multicenter parallel randomized trial evaluating incisional negative pressure wound therapy for the prevention of surgical site infection after lower extremity bypass Cryopreserved arterial allografts vs autologous vein for arterial reconstruction in infected fields Surgical EndoscopyThe association between microvascular and macrovascular diseases and diabetes remission after bariatric surgery Regional anaesthesia for postoperative pain management following laparoscopic, visceral, non-oncological surgery a systematic review and meta-analysis Quality indicators for ambulatory colectomy: literature search and expert consensus Annals of Surgical OncologyEarly Versus Late Drainage Removal in Patients Who Underwent Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Using Trial Sequential Analysis Comparison of Octreotide and Vasopressors as First-Line Treatment for Intraoperative Carcinoid Crisis Long-Term Outcome of Proximal Gastrectomy for Upper-Third Advanced Gastric and Siewert Type II Esophagogastric Junction Cancer Compared With Total Gastrectomy: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis Laparoscopic Left Hepatectomy for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Journal of the American College of Surgeons Artificial Intelligence to Predict Quality-of-Life Outcomes for Vascular Intervention of the Leg The Kidney Not Taken: Single-Kidney Use in Deceased Donors Early Cholecystectomy in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease with Uncomplicated Cholelithiasis Is Associated with Better Outcomes Surrogate Perception of Disability after Hospitalization for Traumatic Brain Injury Empiric Cryoprecipitate Transfusion in Patients with Severe Hemorrhage: Results from the US Experience in the International CRYOSTAT-2 Trial Transition to Permitless Open Carry and Association with Firearm-Related Suicide Race and Ethnic Group Enrollment and Outcomes for Wilms Tumor: Analysis of the Current Era Children’s Oncology Group Study, AREN03B2 Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Tranexamic acid is not associated with a higher rate of thrombotic-related reintervention after major vascular injury repair The value of chest radiography after chest tube removal in nonventilated trauma patients: A post hoc analysis of a multicenter prospective cohort study Developing a National Trauma Research Action Plan: Results from the regulatory challenges Delphi survey The American Journal of SurgeryCribari, does it apply in real time? An analysis of a community level 1 trauma center Locally advanced pancreatic cancer: Is surgical palliation associated with improved clinical outcome relative to medical palliation? Outcomes following cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) for peritoneal malignancies: 10 Year experience World Journal of surgery Race and sex diversity in Canadian academic surgical societies Preventable deaths in hospitalized trauma patients Ultrasound-guided vacuum-assisted excision for idiopathic granulomatous mastitis at the abscess stage Surgical prevalence and outcomes in ischemic colitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis