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Call for papers - Managing surgical complications

Guest Editors

Somprakas Basu, MBBS, MS, MSc, FRCS, FACS, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India
Ali Fahir Özer, MD, Koc University School of Medicine, Türkiye
Tobias Zingg, MD, FACS, FEBS, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland

 

Submission Status: Open   |   Submission Deadline: 24 June 2025


BMC Surgery is calling for submissions to our Collection, Managing surgical complications. This Collection seeks to gather innovative research on managing surgical complications, encompassing a wide range of topics from wound care to life-threatening events. We invite submissions that explore active management strategies, intraoperative and postoperative complication management, anesthetic complications, pain management, innovative surgical techniques for risk reduction, multidisciplinary collaboration in complication management, and patient-centered approaches, with the aim of advancing patient safety and optimizing surgical outcomes.

Meet the Guest Editors

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Somprakas Basu, MBBS, MS, MSc, FRCS, FACS, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India

Dr Somprakas Basu is professor and chair of general surgery at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India. He serves as a member of the Technical Committee at the United Nations Global Surgery Learning Hub, is the lead of the Education and Skills Committee WSES Global Surgery Working Group, and Global Alumni Ambassador of Cardiff University. Dr Basu has published over 145 peer-reviewed articles and 15 book chapters. He serves as a peer-reviewer and editorial board member of several reputed journals. His areas of clinical interest are general and colorectal surgery, surgical infections, and wound healing.

Ali Fahir Özer, MD, Koc University School of Medicine, Türkiye

Dr Ali Fahir Özer graduated from Atatürk University School of Medicine in 1976. He completed his neurosurgery residency between 1977 and 1982 at Hacettepe University School of Medicine. He obtained his associate professor degree in 1988 and full professorship in 1994. He has been working at the American Hospital in the neurosurgery department since 1995 and is currently a faculty at Koç University School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery. Since 2018, Dr Özer is adjunct professor in the departments of Bioengineering and Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Toledo, USA. Dr Özer’s research mainly focuses on biomechanics and dynamic stabilization of the spine. He had five patents: Ozer cervical ecartor, Orthrus Dynamic Spinal System, Safinaz Dynamic Screw, Sliding Screw and Cervical Disc Prosthesis.

Tobias Zingg, MD, FACS, FEBS, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland

Dr Tobias Zingg, MD, FACS, FEBS, is a board-certified visceral and transplant surgeon with over 20 years of clinical experience. He holds European Board certifications in emergency, endocrine, and transplant surgery. As part of his training, he completed a two-year trauma, emergency surgery and surgical critical care fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine. Dr Zingg currently serves as a senior staff surgeon at Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), where he previously acted as the interim chief of visceral surgery. His academic contributions include a Privat-Docent title from the University of Lausanne and numerous peer-reviewed publications on trauma, emergency, and abdominal surgery. A Fellow of both the American College of Surgeons and the European Board of Surgery, Dr Zingg is also an active member of multiple international surgical societies and served as the president of the Swiss Society for General Surgery and Traumatology from 2019 to 2022.

About the Collection

BMC Surgery is calling for submissions to our Collection, Managing surgical complications.

Complications arising from surgical procedures pose significant challenges for patients and healthcare providers. These complications can range from wound healing issues to life-threatening events such as profuse bleeding, intense pain, or anesthetic complications in the intraoperative or postoperative periods. Active monitoring strategies are crucial in preventing these complications and improving patient outcomes. Research in this area covers various aspects of complication management, including preoperative assessment, intraoperative measures, and postoperative care.

It is important for us to continue advancing our collective understanding of ways to prevent and manage surgical complications, enhance patient safety, and optimize surgical outcomes. Recent advances have focused on the development of evidence-based protocols for complication management, innovative surgical techniques to minimize risks, cutting edge monitoring technology, and enhanced perioperative care algorithms to reduce the incidence of adverse events. Additionally, research has emphasized the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration and patient-centered approaches in addressing surgical complications. 

Contributions can include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Surgical complications and wound care
  • Active monitoring strategies for prevention of surgical complications
  • Addressing life-threatening events in surgery
  • Anesthetic complications and pain management
  • Innovative surgical techniques and minimally invasive approaches for risk reduction
  • Multidisciplinary collaboration in complication management
  • Patient-centered approaches in addressing surgical complications
  • Preoperative assessment and planning for risk reduction


Looking ahead, continued research in this area holds the potential for further advancements in precision medicine, personalized surgical approaches, and the integration of digital health technologies to monitor and manage surgical complications in real time. Furthermore, ongoing research efforts may lead to the development of tailored interventions to address specific patient populations and reduce disparities in surgical outcomes.

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  1. Anastomotic leakage (AL) is a common and severe complication after colon cancer resection, but studies investigating various treatment strategies and factors influencing outcomes are scarce.

    Authors: Jobbe M. G. Lemmens, Sander Ubels, Nynke G. Greijdanus, Kiedo Wienholts, Marleen M. H. J. van Gelder, Albert Wolthuis, Jérémie H. Lefevre, Kilian Brown, Matteo Frasson, Nicolas Rotholtz, Quentin Denost, Rodrigo O. Perez, Tsuyoshi Konishi, Martin Rutegård, Susan L. Gearhart, Thomas Pinkney…
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:213
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  2. The effectiveness of a transanal drainage tube (TAT) for the prevention of anastomotic leakage after double stapling technique (DST) anastomosis in colorectal cancer has been reported. Previously, TATs had bee...

    Authors: Gen Tsujio, Tatsunari Fukuoka, Atsushi Sugimoto, Ken Yonemitsu, Yuki Seki, Hiroaki Kasashima, Yuichiro Miki, Mami Yoshii, Tatsuro Tamura, Masatsune Shibutani, Takahiro Toyokawa, Shigeru Lee and Kiyoshi Maeda
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2025 25:31
    Content type: Research Published on:

  3. Perioperative hypothermia is a frequent clinical complication resulting from the cold environment of the operating room and prolonged skin exposure, leading to adverse outcomes and increased healthcare burdens...

    Authors: Nan Ji, Jiangtao Wang, Xiaohui Li and Yi Shang
    Citation: BMC Surgery 2024 24:425
    Content type: Review Published on:

Submission Guidelines

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This Collection welcomes submission of original Research Articles. Should you wish to submit a different article type, please read our submission guidelines to confirm that type is accepted by the journal. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Managing surgical complications" from the dropdown menu.

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

The Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.