Leading Articles

• The research conundrum of acute appendicitis (pages 1151–1152)
• Attitudes to supervised exercise therapy (pages 1153–1155)

Systematic Reviews

• Systematic review with meta-analysis of the impact of surgical fellowship training on patient outcomes (pages 1156–1166)
• Breast-conserving surgery in patients with Paget’s disease (pages 1167–1174)
• Meta-analysis of KRAS mutations and survival after resection of colorectal liver metastases (pages 1175–1183)

Randomised Clinical Trials

• Five-year results of a randomized clinical trial of conventional surgery, endovenous laser ablation and ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy in patients with great saphenous varicose veins (pages 1184–1194)
• Randomized clinical trial of prevention of seroma formation after mastectomy by local methylprednisolone injection (pages 1195–1203)

Original Articles

• Effect of a ward-based pharmacy team on preventable adverse drug events in surgical patients (SUREPILL study) (pages 1204–1212)
• Association between volume of severely injured patients and mortality in German trauma hospitals (pages 1213–1219)
• Patterns of early resuscitation associated with mortality after penetrating injuries(pages 1220–1228)
• Individual-patient meta-analysis of three randomized trials comparing endovascular versus open repair for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (pages 1229–1239)
• Portal vein embolization and its effect on tumour progression for colorectal cancer liver metastases (pages 1240–1249)
• Donor characteristics and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after liver transplantation (pages 1250–1257)
• Risk of pancreatic fistula after enucleation of pancreatic tumours (pages 1258–1266)
• Risk of new-onset type II diabetes after appendicectomy (pages 1267–1271)
• Influence of day of surgery on mortality following elective colorectal resections(pages 1272–1277)
• Determinants of survival following pelvic exenteration for primary rectal cancer(pages 1278–1284)
• Experimental study of the characteristics of a novel mesh suture (pages 1285–1292)

Commentary

• Experimental study of the characteristics of a novel mesh suture (Br J Surg 2015; 102: 1285–1292) (pages 1292–1293)

Scientific Surgery

• Scientific surgery (page 1294)

Corrigendum

• Randomized clinical trial of mast cell inhibition in patients with a medium-sized abdominal aortic aneurysm (page 1295)

Spanish Translations

• Spanish translation section (pages e228–e234)