• Robot-Assisted Radical Cystectomy: Recommendations from Latin American Experts Consensus on Surgical Strategy, Urinary Reconstruction, and Oncological and Func-tional Outcomes.

  Expert consensus; not a comparative trial

  RESEARCHInt Braz J Urol·Nov 1, 2026GuidelinesNew technology
• Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Energy Devices for Thyroidectomy: An Outcome-Specific Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

  Network meta-analysis of randomized trials

  RESEARCHHead Neck·Oct 27, 2026Evidence updatePractice relevance
• Artificial Intelligence-generated Clinical Images for Plastic Surgery Education: A Prospective Randomized Double-blind Study.

  Randomized image-rating study

  RESEARCHPlast Reconstr Surg Glob Open·Oct 27, 2026Clinical trialNew technology
• Robot or Workflow? Unpacking Better Knee Replacement Scores

  Quasi-randomized trial; different surgical workflows

  RESEARCHJ Orthop Traumatol·Nov 3, 2026Clinical trialNew technology
• An Updated Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Comparing the Analgesic Efficacy of Intercostal Nerve Block Versus Erector Spinae Plane Block in Thoracic Surgery.

  Meta-analysis of randomized trials

  RESEARCHAnesthesiol Res Pract·Nov 3, 2026Evidence update
  Review

  Faheem MSB, Munir SU, Maryam KUE, Abbasi SUAM, Samadi S.

  Abstract / publisher access may vary
• An AI Guideline Navigator Still Needs a Surgeon

  Early benchmark; no prospective clinical validation

  RESEARCHJ Am Med Inform Assoc·Nov 3, 2026Guideline-related
• Medical Devices; General and Plastic Surgery Devices; Classification of the Focused Ultrasound System for Non-Thermal, Mechanical Tissue Ablation

  Final device-classification order; not an outcomes study

  POLICY & LAWFederal Register·Oct 6, 2026· Rule · United StatesNew technologyPolicy watch
• Seven Patients Put a Retinal Surgery Robot to the Test

  Seven-patient first-in-human, single-arm study

  RESEARCHRetina·Nov 1, 2026New technologyPractice relevance
• Synthetic Platelets Aim for Human Testing in 2027

  Perspective; preclinical technology, not established human benefit

  ARTICLEAmerican College of Surgeons·Nov 4, 2026Practice relevanceWorth a read

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  A Miniature Robot Takes on Hysterectomy

  Small prospective, nonrandomized device trial

  RESEARCHJ Robot Surg·Oct 16, 2026New technologyPractice relevance
• International Pediatric Otolaryngology Group (IPOG) consensus recommendations: Management of the pediatric thyroglossal duct cyst.

  International Delphi expert consensus

  RESEARCHInt J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol·Oct 22, 2026Guidelines
• Modeling the Impact of the Updated American Pediatric Surgery Association Blunt Liver and Spleen Injury Guidelines: A Solid Improvement in Care.

  Retrospective counterfactual modeling of guidelines

  RESEARCHJ Surg Res·Sep 28, 2026Guidelines
• Endovascular Therapy in Intracranial Atherosclerotic Stenosis-Related Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke: A Brief Practice Update and Consensus Statement From the SVIN.

  Practice update and expert consensus

  RESEARCHStroke Vasc Interv Neurol·Nov 3, 2026Guidelines
• Extra Tranexamic Acid Shows No Clear Knee Recovery Benefit

  Double-blind randomized trial

  RESEARCHJ Arthroplasty·Nov 2, 2026Clinical trial
• Adjuvant mFOLFOXIRI after curative-intent resection of oligometastatic colorectal cancer: phase II FANTASTIC trial.

  Small nonrandomized phase II trial

  RESEARCHBJS Open·Nov 1, 2026Clinical trial
• Medical Devices; General and Plastic Surgery Devices; Classification of the Software-Aided Adjunctive Diagnostic Device for Use by Physicians on Lesions Suspicious for Skin Cancer

  Final device-classification order

  POLICY & LAWFederal Register·Oct 30, 2026· Rule · United StatesPolicy watch
• Efficacy of Stellate Ganglion Block for Preventing Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.

  Single-center randomized trial; primary endpoint negative

  RESEARCHJ Am Heart Assoc·Oct 30, 2026Clinical trial
  Randomized Controlled Trial

  Zhang J, Chen Y, Li N, Ai Z, Liang J, Chen Y, Lv H, Sayer S, Cao Y, Li J, Yu X, Chen G.

  Abstract / publisher access may vary
• What Aviation Taught Me About Becoming a Better Surgeon

  Personal viewpoint

  ARTICLEAmerican College of Surgeons·Nov 4, 2026Practice relevanceWorth a read
• Robotic-assisted living-donor hysterectomy for uterus transplantation: a systematic review of surgical techniques, donor safety, and recipient outcomes.

  Evidence synthesis

  RESEARCHJ Robot Surg·Oct 20, 2026Evidence updateNew technology
• Pars plana vitrectomy with silicone oil versus pars plana vitrectomy alone for postoperative endophthalmitis: A randomized controlled trial.

  Small randomized trial

  RESEARCHIndian J Ophthalmol·Oct 28, 2026Clinical trial
• Beyond da Vinci: a systematic review of next-generation multiport robotic platforms in pediatric surgery.

  Systematic review of sparse early clinical series

  RESEARCHJ Robot Surg·Sep 7, 2026Evidence updateNew technology
• Robot-assisted Partial Nephrectomy with the new HugoRAS System: single center matched-pair analysis.

  Retrospective matched cohort

  RESEARCHInt Braz J Urol·Nov 1, 2026New technology
• Inflammatory Markers Following Robotic-Assisted Versus Manual Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

  Evidence synthesis

  RESEARCHJ Arthroplasty·Nov 2, 2026Evidence updateNew technology
• Estimating the clinical benefit of metastases resection in liver-limited metastatic colorectal cancer: an IPD-based pooled analysis of nine randomized trials.

  Pooled trial data; surgery itself was not randomized

  RESEARCHESMO Open·Nov 2, 2026Evidence update
• Endoscopic-assisted Versus Open Latissimus Dorsi Flap Harvest for Breast Reconstruction: A Randomized Comparative Study.

  Randomized trial; 59 patients

  RESEARCHPlast Reconstr Surg Glob Open·Oct 23, 2026Clinical trial

Selected for clinical relevance, new technology, guidelines, and interesting perspectives. Preliminary work is labeled; interest is not a quality rating. Eight headlines have reviewed AI-assisted rewrites; other titles appear as published.