Abstract
Welcome to another wonderful issue of Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care. In this issue, we have a wide variety of articles from around the world. Our lead study is a review article from Italy titled “Splenic Injury after Sleeve Gastrectomy” by Dr. Frattini. In my own practice, I feel avoiding splenic injury during take down of the short gastric is the most difficult part of the operation. I always teach my trainees that proper retraction and secure vessel sealing is the key to avoid bleeding during take down of these vessels near the left crus of the diaphragm and splenic junction. Our second article is from the United States and is titled “First Assistant Level Training as a Predictor of Perioperative Outcome in Primary Bariatric Surgery” by Dr. Tillman. This was a large database study with 670,935 patients that met criteria for analysis. Please read Dr. Tillman's article for the conclusion of the study which I found very interesting. Once again, Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care continues to hold a strong international presence as we have publications from eight different countries represented in this issue. I am also very honored to have an article in this issue from Peru by Dr. Zevallos-Ventura.
I also want to thank our tremendous peer reviewers that continue to serve the journal. With our reviewers thoughtful, expert, and timely comments, Bariatric Surgery Practice and Patient Care continues to grow and increase in readership. We will be publishing the name of all our reviewers in our next edition to come out in 2024.
In closing, I hope you consider publishing your next study in Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care. The journal is always open to innovative ways of improving the reader's experience. Please feel free to contact me if you have any suggestions that could improve our journal.
Sincerely,
