The latest American Journal of Surgery examines the impact of short-course radiotherapy and low anterior resection on quality of life and bowel function in primary rectal cancer.

This month's issue of the Archives of Surgery examines small-incision and laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with symptomatic cholecystolithiasis.

May's issue of The American Journal of Surgery assesses whether preoperative weight loss predicts success following surgery for morbid obesity.