Telemedicine to follow patients in a general surgery department. A randomized controlled trial. This is a timely article in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the acceleration of telehealth adoption in the US, and likely throughout the world. Cremedes et al. gives more evidence that telemedicine will remain a high-quality pathway to care for patients postoperatively 1 with an editorial from Rachel Forbes, Carmen Solorzano, and Beatrice Concepcion. 2 Outpatient thyroidectomy in the pediatric population. These data suggest that thyroid surgery can be safely performed as an outpatient procedure. 3 There is an editorial from two leading pediatric surgeons, Eugene Kim and Ash Gosain. 4 What are the results of laparoscopic re-operative rectal surgery? This study asks about the role of laparoscopic surgery for redo rectal surgery. 5 Marc Basson provides an invited commentary. 6 Two "My Thoughts" Articles. In the upcoming months, we will share many of the thoughts around surgery in the COVID-19 era: Elective Surgery in the time of COVID-19 7 and Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a comprehensive overview and perioperative care. 8