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Scandinavian Journal of Surgery

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery

Published in Association with Finnish Society of Surgery
Other Titles in:
Hand Surgery | Obesity | Surgery

eISSN: 17997267 | ISSN: 14574969 | Current volume: 113 | Current issue: 3 Frequency: Quarterly

The Scandinavian Journal of Surgery is a peer-reviewed, open access journal owned by the Finnish Surgical Society. The journal is published four times a year. Reviews are carried out by members of the Editorial Board and other international reviewers representing various surgical specialties. Articles are published in American English. All contributions should conform to the recommendations stated in the Declaration of Helsinki of the World Medical Association (1964). The journal does not perform linguistic revisions and submissions that do not comply with the journal format or are considered out of scope will be returned to the authors before initiating the review process.

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).


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The Scandinavian Journal of Surgery (SJS) is the official peer reviewed journal of the Finnish Surgical Society and the Scandinavian Surgical Society.

It publishes original and review articles mainly from the following surgical fields and specialties (in alphabetical order):

Acute care surgery and visceral trauma

Bariatric and metabolic surgery

Breast surgery

Cardio-thoracic surgery

Colorectal surgery

General surgery

Endocrine surgery

Esophageal surgery

Hand surgery

Hepato-biliary surgery

Hernia surgery

Neurosurgery

Oral and maxillofacial surgery

Orthopedic surgery

Pancreatic surgery

Pediatric surgery

Pediatric orthopedic surgery

Perioperative Care

Plastic surgery (including melanoma)

Surgical Training

Transplant surgery

Traumatology (orthopedics)

Upper gastrointestinal surgery (excluding esophagus)

Urology

Vascular surgery

The main aim of the journal is on the rapidly advancing front of clinical surgery, providing new knowledge to the global surgical community.

Editor-in-Chief
Paulina Salminen Turku University Hospital, Finland
Deputy Editors
Pauli Puolakkainen Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
Malin Sund Umeå University Hospital, Sweden / University of Helsinki, Finland
Section Editors
Pamela Buchwald Skåne University Hospital Malmö, Sweden
Jussi Kärkkäinen Kuopio University Hospital, Finland
Aleksi Reito Tampere University Hospital/Coxa Hospital for Joint Replacement, Finland
Johannes Schultz Akershus University Hospital, Norway
Toni Seppälä Tampere University, Finland
Magnus Sundbom Uppsala University, Surgical Sciences, Sweden
Sheraz Yaqub Oslo University Hospital, Norway
Editorial Board
David Aghayan Oslo University Hospital, Norway
Christian Beisland University of Bergen, Norway
Kristoffer Watten Brudvik Oslo University Hospital, Norway
Tine Engberg Damsgaard Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Mikael Ekelund Clinical Sciences Surgery, SUS Lund, Sweden
Katrine Emmertsen Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
Juha Grönroos Turku University Hospital, Finland
Tomas Gudbjartsson Landspitali University Hospital, Iceland
Harri Hakovirta Turku University Hospital, Finland
Emma Hansson Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
Olli Helminen Oulu University Hospital, Finland
Päivi Helmiö Turku University Hospital, Finland
Ilkka Kaartinen Tampere University Hospital, Finland
Arto Kokkola Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
Virve Koljonen University of Helsinki, Finland
Hartwig Körner Stavanger University Hospital, Norway / University of Bergen, Norway
Knut Jørgen Labori Oslo University Hospital, Norway
Johanna Laukkarinen Tampere University Hospital, Finland
Anna Lepistö Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
Nina Lindfors Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
Tom Mala Oslo University Hospital, Norway
Almantas Maleckas Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania
Panu Mentula Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
Hannu Miettinen Kuopio University Hospital, Finland
Kim Erland Mortensen The Artic University of Norway, Norway
Arno Nordin Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
Torsten Olbers Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden
Mikko Pakarinen Children's Hospital, Pediatric Surgery, Helsinki, Finland
Marco Patti University of Chicago, USA
Bjorn Rosengren Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
Hanna Seppänen University of Helsinki, Finland
Joonas Sirola Kuopio University Hospital, Finland
Kjetil Søreide Stavanger University Hospital, Norway
Helena Taflin Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
Anders Thorell Ersta Hospital, Sweden
Sara Tornberg Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
Johanna Turtiainen University of Eastern Finland, Finland
Tove Tvedskov Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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