EDITORIAL article
Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol.
Sec. Intestinal Microbiome
Volume 15 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1629822
This article is part of the Research TopicThe microbiome in surgery - friend or foe?View all 9 articles
Editorial: The Microbiome in Surgery -Friend or Foe?
Provisionally accepted
- 1Department of General-, Visceral- and Transplantsurgery, University Medical Center Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- 2Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Medical Center–University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- 3Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Medical Center–University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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The human microbiome, an ever-changing consortium of microorganisms found at numerous body 12 sites, plays a pivotal role in health and disease. Surgical interventions, while lifesaving, exert 13 significant physiological stress and can disrupt microbial homeostasis, influencing recovery, infection 14 rates, and overall outcomes. 15This research topic aimed to elucidate the delicate balance between surgery and the microbiome, 16 highlighting both the beneficial and detrimental impacts of microbes to the surgical environment. The 17 contributions within this collection provide compelling evidence of how microbial communities 18 influence surgical outcomes, and how surgical practices, such as the use of antibiotics and specific 19 procedures, affect microbial balance. 20 Biesel et al. 1
Keywords: microbiota, Surgery, Postoperative Complications, Host microbial interaction, Immunomodulation, Outcome
Received: 16 May 2025; Accepted: 09 Jun 2025.
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* Correspondence: Ann-Kathrin Lederer, Department of General-, Visceral- and Transplantsurgery, University Medical Center Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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