Advances in Surgery, 2018

John L. Cameron is The Alfred Blalock Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA.

• Surgeon Scorecards: Accurate or Not? Laparoscopic Surgery for Small Bowel Obstruction: Is It Safe?Prevention and Treatment of Clostridium Difficile EnterocolitisThe Management of Venous Thromboembolic Disease: New Trends in Anticoagulant Therapy Andrea Obi and Thomas WakefieldProper Use of Cholecystostomy TubesIs Maintenance of Certification Working in Surgery?How Should Gallbladder Cancer Be Managed?How to Predict 30-Day ReadmissionShould the Management of a Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Be Regionalized?Diagnosis and Management of HyperparathyroidismManagement of Aortoenteric FistulaBenign Anorectal Surgery: ManagementIntraperitoneal Drainage and Pancreatic ResectionHow Long Should Patients with Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas Be Followed?What Is the Best Pain Control After Major Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery?Are Opioids Overprescribed Following Elective Surgery?Contemporary Management of Critical Limb IschemiaThe Use of Lavage for the Management of Diverticulitis