PAACS NOVEMBER 2025 SURGERY, OB-GYN, ANESTHESIA UPDATE

The Effectiveness of A Virtual Didactic Lecture Series on Vascular Surgery Training in Kenya: A Survey

Open Thoracoabdominal Aortic Replacement in a Low Resource Setting

Preconception care uptake and risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes among pregnant women in Tigray, northern Ethiopia: A community-based cross-sectional study

Determinants of caesarean section use in Ghana: A trend analysis of 2003–2022 DHS data

Thoracic Trauma in sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Senegal in a Prospective study of 295 Patients

Medical and surgical management of tracheal pathologies in Senegal

Effect of preoperative mental health status on spine surgery outcomes: a systematic review

Serum calprotectin as a biomarker for postoperative complications in colorectal surgery: a pilot study defining normal postoperative dynamics

Laparoscopic-assisted hydrostatic reduction of pediatric intussusception: a prospective study from a single tertiary center

 Legal reform and female genital mutilation in Sierra Leone

Increasing incidence of endometrial cancer demands global action

A framework for Surgical Quality Assurance (SQA) in randomized controlled trials in gastrointestinal surgery: an international Delphi consensus study

Deep Learning in Otolaryngology

Balloon Sinus Dilation—To Inflate or Not to Inflate

Reevaluating Nonoperative Management for Pediatric Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis

International Reference Values for Surgical Outcomes of Total Pancreatectomy

Artificial Intelligence in Surgical Outcomes Reporting: The Next Best Thing, or Just Artificially Intelligent “Garbage In, Garbage Out”?

Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases in Women With Vasomotor Symptoms


Self-Administered Hypnosis vs Sham Hypnosis for Hot Flashes

Effects of intraoperative higher versus lower positive end-expiratory pressure during one-lung ventilation for thoracic surgery on postoperative pulmonary complications (PROTHOR): a multicentre, international, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial

Ventilation during surgery: moving away from one-size-fits-all

Beyond the Scalpel: Supporting Healthy Romantic Relationships in Surgical Life

Predictors of birth asphyxia in Ethiopia: an updated systematic review with meta-analysis.


Trauma care and its financing around the world: Response to Letter to the Editor

Impact of early FAST ultrasound on severe trauma outcomes: a randomized trial in a low-resource African emergency setting (The ALIFAST Trial).

Neurogranin in cerebrospinal fluid as a marker of synaptic dysfunction in hip fracture patients with delirium: a multicentre cross-sectional study 

Variation in global trauma care: a survey of 187 hospitals across 51 countries 

Early identification of surgery residents at-risk for attrition, remediation, and board exam failure              

First, heal thy team – the ergonomics imperative when the OR hurts and burns out

The impact of work-related pain on surgical team members’ burnout and personal and professional performance

Examining the cost of childcare in general surgery training

The Swinging Pendulum of Menopausal Hormone Therapy

It’s worse than it seems: Our experience with childcare costs during surgical residency

Advancements in neurosurgical techniques for managing sports-related traumatic brain injuries

Prophylactic ureteral stent placement by general surgeons is safe and Feasible: Implementation of a training and credentialing program for non-urologic surgeons

Timing of trauma deaths due to uncontrolled bleeding have not changed in three decades: A multicenter study of patients in hemorrhagic shock

Don’t ignore the patient with a “fragility fracture”! Risk factors for bleeding from stable pelvic fractures

Nasogastric tube tune-up: Surgical residents and med-surg nursing achieve proficiency in a standardized protocol after targeted education

Use of post-discharge venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in hospitalized trauma patients – survey results of Southwestern surgical Congress and Southeastern surgical Congress members


Postoperative Transfusion in Patients at High Cardiac Risk: Evidence, Uncertainty, and Nuance

AI-driven breath biopsy from a case-control study assists in the early detection of paediatric brain tumours

Management of right-sided obstructing colon cancers: scoping review

Endometriosis: from awareness to action

Novel targets for endometriosis-associated pain

Advancing policies, guidelines, and service delivery for endometriosis: call to action

Midlife women’s sexual health: from silent struggle to scientific priority

Antiretroviral pause for HIV remission trials: A mixed methods study of people living with HIV in Soweto, South Africa

Associations between epileptic seizures in pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Cervical pessary versus vaginal progesterone in women with a multiple pregnancy and a short cervix: A randomised controlled trial 

Author’s Reply: The Role of Surgical Techniques in Reducing Postoperative Pain in Abdominal Surgery: Evidence From the PROSPECT Systematic Reviews

Belonging in Surgical Residency: A Nationwide Cohort Study

Surgeons for little lives: The success story of a public-private collaboration

Clinical Volume and Perioperative Outcomes of Hiatal Hernia Repair Within the Society of Thoracic Surgeons-General Thoracic Surgery Database

Keeping Open Surgery Alive: A Competency-Based Approach to Elevating Resident Skills

Missed Abdominal Wall Hernias

Navigating neurosurgical care in low- and middle-income countries from Africa: a narrative review of barriers and facilitators

The role of hormonal contraceptive use in mediating sociodemographic predictors of overweight/obesity among women of reproductive age in Ghana

Assessing the socioeconomic inequalities in cervical cancer screening in sub-Saharan Africa: a decomposition analysis.

 Oesophageal cancer and its associated factors among patients attending surgical and oncology clinics at Garissa County Referral Hospital, Kenya: a case–control study 

Epidemiologic Profile and Postoperative Outcome of Complete Atrioventricular Canal in a Gabonese Referral Center

Cognitive Outcomes after Intracranial Tumor Surgery in Côte d’Ivoire: A Prospective Cohort Study

Financing surgery in LMICs: building sustainable and equitable systems for universal surgical access – a narrative review

Strengthening Africa’s Surgical Workforce Through Integrated Strategic Leadership and Management Programs

Effect of maternity care improvement, fertility decline, and contraceptive use on global maternal mortality reduction between 2000 and 2023: results from a decomposition analysis

Institutional partnerships: results from a scoping review of promising strategies to promote diversity within the academic health sciences

Evaluating the necessity of post-operative antibiotics in uncomplicated appendicitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Personalizing Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy for Breast Cancer

Contraceptive discontinuation, switching, abandonment and their reproductive consequences: An analysis of 1,539,071 episodes of reversible method use contributed from 61 countries that participated in DHS: Population base-analysis

Study the Changing Trends of Age at Diagnosis of Breast Carcinoma in Correlation with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Obesity, and Nutritional Status

The Efficacy of Intrathecal Dexmedetomidine versus Fentanyl on Postoperative Pain: A Retrospective Study

Randomized Assessment of Airway Seal Pressure and Insertion Dynamics: I-gel versus Laryngeal Mask Airway Protector in Adult Difficult Airway Simulation in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Surgeries

Clinical Pregnancy Rate in Intrauterine Insemination and Associated Prognostic Factors

Effect of Breastfeeding on Psychosocial Development in Children Aged 4–6 Years in a Rural Community of Central India: A Cross-sectional Study

Effects of Maternal Hypothyroidism on Preterm Labor and Neonatal Outcomes: A Prospective Case–control Study

Medications Plus Bariatric Surgery to Treat Obesity

Breast cancer overall survival, annual risks of death, and survival gap apportionment in sub-Saharan Africa (ABC-DO): 7-year follow-up of a prospective cohort study

Beyond facility-based births: Is Uganda delivering effective maternal and newborn care? An analysis of the 2022 demographic health survey and 2023 harmonized health facility assessment survey

Perceptions of Endourology Training in Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Senior Urology Residents

The intervening role of community-based health education in reducing unmet family planning needs among women of reproductive age 15 and 49 years in Siaya County, Kenya

Investigation of the relationship between uterine artery Doppler diastolic notching and serum apelin-13 and apelin-36 concentrations between the 11th and 14th weeks of pregnancy: a case-control study

Laparoscopic management of unruptured cornual pregnancy without myometrial incision: a case report

Risk of infection and wound dehiscence after use of prophylactic antibiotics in episiotomy or second degree tear


PSA screening cuts cancer mortality by 13%, study shows, amid debate about national programme

Hormonal Contraceptive Formulations and Breast Cancer Risk in Adolescents and Premenopausal Women

Partial progress in sexual and reproductive health and rights: the influence of sociocultural, behavioural, structural, and technological changes on epidemiological trends

Who pays and what pays off in sexual and reproductive health? A review of the cost and cost-effectiveness of interventions and implications for future funding and markets

Challenges and opportunities in developing integrated sexual and reproductive health programmes


Proficiency and Difficulty Scoring Tools for Finger Replantation


Postdiagnosis Statin Use and Breast Cancer Mortality

SURGhub Drives Effort to Make AI Work for Surgical Care in Remote Settings

Thiorphan reprograms neurons to promote functional recovery after spinal cord injury

Exploring how surgeons employ empathy in clinical practice: a qualitative study

Deciphering near-miss events in paediatric laparoscopic fundoplication: a video-based analysis of mechanisms and consequences

Incidence and risk factors of postoperative delirium in patients undergoing elective lung cancer surgery : a retrospective study using the national inpatient sample database

Pregnancy and neonatal outcomes following sleeve gastrectomy vs. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a retrospective cohort study

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer


TAVR vs. Surgery for Aortic Stenosis at 7 Years

Faith-Based Organisations Provide Surgery for Africa’s Most Vulnerable

AI hallucinates because it’s trained to fake answers it doesn’t know

Imaging and operative results of open dismembered pyeloplasty for pediatric ureteropelvic junction obstruction: 13 years of experience

Postmarket Surveillance of Mesh Performance After Inguinal Hernia Repair

Surgical Meshes in Inguinal Hernia Repair

Navigating Health Literacy: Comparison of Assessment Tools in a Surgical Safety-Net Population

Time to live birth and associated factors following fertility treatments: a retrospective record review among couples attending fertility centres in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 

Survival Outcomes in Breast Cancer Patients With Metastatic Bone Disease

 
Exposure to Household Air Pollution and Severe Pneumonia in Infants

Financial Impact of Transportation Costs for Ugandan Pediatric Colorectal Patients

Acute Presentations of Colorectal Cancer: An International Prospective Snapshot on Management and Outcomes.    

Landscape analysis of pregnancy exposure registries in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review

Peripartum cardiomyopathy

Enhancing Pain Management in Trauma Patients Through Education of Residents: An Interventional Study

Invited Commentary: The APOLLO Study and Its Implications for Colorectal Cancer Management Worldwide

Pertussis in the Tshwane District, Gauteng province, South Africa: A cross-sectional study

Influence of institutional support and organisational culture on HIV and NCD integration

Short-term Clinical Outcome of Surgically Managed Acute Floating Knee Injury

Comparison of Early Clinical Outcomes in Early Versus Delayed Urethral Catheter Removal Following Open Simple Retropubic Prostatectomy

Validation of the Ottawa Ankle Rule in Blunt Ankle and Midfoot Injuries in a Trauma Care Centre in Nigeria

Penile Fracture: Our Experience in Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana

Comparing Transabdominal Ultrasound Scans with Digital Vaginal Examinations in Labour: A Cross-Sectional Study

A Study to Determine the Clinical and Functional Outcomes Following Anatomical Arthroscopic Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction by Hamstring Graft with Adjustable Loop Using Graft Retensioning Technique

Use of Arch Bars versus IMF-Screws in Maxillomandibular Fixation of Mandibular Fractures: A Randomised Prospective Study

Intensive Care Medicine: Research at ESICM

Personalized Hemodynamic Resuscitation Targeting Capillary Refill Time in Early Septic Shock: The ANDROMEDA-SHOCK-2 Randomized Clinical Trial

Proactive vs Reactive Treatment of Hypotension During Surgery: The PRETREAT Randomized Clinical Trial

Clamshell Corticotomy: A Technique to Address Challenges of Narrow Medullary Canal during Intramedullary Nailing of Tibial Shaft Fracture Fixation

The perioperative education time-out and its impact on patient safety outcomes

Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation: A Position Paper From the American College of Physicians

Healthcare providers’ perception about challenges of reproductive health service utilisation

Pediatric cardiac surgery in Sudan before the 2023 armed conflict: patterns, outcomes, and quality indicators from a single-center experience in a low-resource setting.

Factors associated with primary cesarean section delivery among women who gave birth at Wolaita Sodo University comprehensive specialized hospital, Southern Ethiopia.

Tai Chi Intervention for Knee Pain and Function in People With Knee Osteoarthritis

The Swinging Pendulum of Menopausal Hormone Therapy

Is biological mesh a suitable option for laparoscopic intraperitoneal onlay mesh plus (IPOM plus) repair in the treatment of abdominal wall hernias?

A scoring system based on the presence of preoperative sarcopenia predicts the long-term outcomes of patients treated with radical resection for obstructive colorectal cancer

Metabolic and bariatric surgery in septuagenarians