About the Journal

Impact Surgery is a digital, open access, peer-reviewed, independent journal which spans the wide range of all surgical and perioperative specialties. It aims to publish research rapidly and efficiently, focussing on good methodology rather than positive or negative results. As an independent, open access, peer reviewed journal, we also aim to create a fairer financial ecosystem that supports faster and better peer review.

Our mission is to provide a fast, good quality experience for authors, preventing slow peer review periods that can kill research and reduce productivity. We aim to support traditional peer review by redistributing the accepted financial ecosystem back to those contributing their time, whilst combining this with rapid peer-reviews that focus on methodology. Theme issued aim to allow deeper dives into specific topics, with each article resulting in a DOI that allows it to be tracked into the future. 

Impact Health is a bespoke, independent medical publishing house based in Birmingham (UK), founded in 2022 after periods of consultation and expert advice. Impact Surgery is the launch journal, with Impact Health (General Medical), Impact Quality Improvement, and Impact Public Health as new journals to be launched in 2024. 

Please see About the Journal for further information. 

Current Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2024): Appendicitis Theme
Published: 12-04-2024

Editorial

  • Creating Impact in Surgery

    Aneel Bhangu
    25
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.62463/surgery.44

  • Appendicectomy in sub-Saharan Africa: a tale of too many and too few

    Adewale Adisa
    26-27
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.62463/surgery.40

  • Local Action, Global Impact: Acute Appendicitis as a Metric for Surgical Care Quality

    D Clarke, M Naidoo, VY Kong
    28
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.62463/surgery.41

  • Can behavioural change interventions be used to tackle the misdiagnosis of appendicitis and improve patient outcomes?

    Elizabeth Li, Fatima Mansour
    29-31
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.62463/surgery.37

  • The ‘great unknowns’ in management of appendicitis in children.

    Nigel Hall
    32-34
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.62463/surgery.42

Review

  • State of the Art Review: Evidence based management of acute appendicitis

    Sivesh Kamarajah, Michael El Boghdady, Theophilus Anyomih, Jared Wohlgemut, Aneel Bhangu
    35-40
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.62463/surgery.45

  • Acute Appendicitis in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    DL Clarke, M Naidoo, VY KONG
    41-45
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.62463/surgery.39

Original research paper

Brief research paper

  • Enhanced recovery through fast-track pathway for patients undergoing emergency appendectomy: a quality improvement study

    Ariadna Cidoncha Secilla
    55-59
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.62463/surgery.35

Education

  • Appendix mucoceles and pseudomyxoma peritonei: Avoiding a sticky situation

    James Glasbey, Aneel Bhangu
    60-62
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.62463/surgery.46

Conference abstract

  • Improving efficiency in nitrous oxide hospital supply systems to aim towards a carbon neutral NHS Wales N20 reduction for greener surgery

    L Nicholson, R Timoney, R Evans
    63
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.62463/surgery.47

  • CARING NATURE (ClimAte neutRal INitiatives for GrowiNg heAlTh and care Unmet REquirements) - Waste Management in Health Care

    Laura Lorenzon, Daniele Gui, Pasquale Mari, David Korn, Sabina Magalini
    64
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.62463/surgery.22

  • Use of Coolsticks in district general hospital

    Konstancja Tadrak
    65
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.62463/surgery.16

  • Towards Greener Hand Surgery - An Audit Of Current Practices In A Tertiary Hospital

    Dhanyata Narendra, Rajive Jose
    66-67
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.62463/surgery.23

  • Pulse lavage in lower limb arthroplasty: awash with carbon saving opportunities

    Caitlin Brennan
    68-69
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.62463/surgery.20

  • Sustainability of Medtronic Surgical Devices

    Mallory Pille
    70
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.62463/surgery.29

Image

  • Clinical Image: surgery under battery operated headlights

    Philip Alexander
    71
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.62463/surgery.36
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