This month on Twitter

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In November, @bjsurgery generated 382 800 impressions, 786 retweets and 1400 likes, and gained 562 new followers. One of the most popular papers on Twitter this month was Stellingwerf et al.’s study on appendicectomy for the treatment of therapy-refractory ulcerative colitis,1 which received over 10 000 impressions. Professor Conor Magee (@mageefrcs) reported that Naren Govindarajah (@DrNarenG) presented this paper at an interesting journal club chaired by Ciaran Walsh (@CJWWirral). A Twitter poll showed that despite recent studies showing that antibiotics are unnecessary for uncomplicated diverticulitis2,3 the majority still prescribe antibiotics in this context. @karimbrohi shared the open access collaborative Organ Dysfunction in Trauma (ORDIT) study,4 which was well received, with numerous comments and engagements. Carroll et al.’s article on decision-making by the NICE Interventional Procedures Advisory Committee5 triggered some interesting discussions online.