American Journal of Surgery

Article	Citations
The efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy is different for type 4 and large type 3 gastric cancer	82
From the Editor – in – Chief: Papers from the North Pacific Surgical Association	78
Early pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis after splenectomy is associated with better outcomes: A matched cohort study	65
Disparate resource allocation during the COVID-19 pandemic among trauma centers: A Western Trauma Association national survey	59
Advanced age alone should not preclude surveillance colonoscopy in the octogenarian and older population	46
Editorial Board	42
A of analytics and B of big data in healthcare research: Telling the tale of health outcomes research from the eyes of data	38
Current trends in surgical society membership: What does the future hold?	38
Work relative value units undervalue the clinical effort associated with teaching cases: An ACS-NSQIP analysis	37
Angling for improvement: The search for novel biomarkers in periampullary adenocarcinoma	35
Surgical equity: Care for persons experiencing homelessness	34
Impact of an automated peri-procedural digital health intervention on rates of emergency department visits and readmissions	33
Prehospital ETCO2 is predictive of death in intubated and non-intubated patients	33
Rapid cold sterilization of 3D printed surgical instruments for the austere environment	32
Survival following liver transplantation: A population-based nested case-control study	32
Cricopharyngomyotomy: Outcomes of flexible endoscopic management of small and medium sized Zenker's diverticulum	30
“So, what are you saying?”: A qualitative study of surgeon-patient communication in the rectal cancer consultations	29
“Sucking the trouble” out of troubleshooting wound vacs: Video based curriculum development and implementation in a live tissue model	28
Hospital and surgeon variation in 30-day complication rates after ventral hernia repair	28
Can robotic surgery contribute to surgeon wellness?	28
A matched cohort comparison of endoscopic resection, chemoradiation and esophagectomy in the treatment of early-stage esophageal squamous cell carcinoma	27
Gamification to enhance clinical and technical skills in surgical residency: A systematic review	27
Implications of declining medicare reimbursement of hernia repair for surgeons and patients	26
First-generation physicians: The pursuit of academic surgery	25
Revisiting femoral hernia diagnosis rates by patient sex in inguinal hernia repairs	25

Impact of an automated peri-procedural digital health intervention on rates of emergency department visits and readmissions	25
Clinical utility of the quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score in predicting life-threatening traumatic hemorrhage: An observational study	24
Locally advanced pancreatic cancer: Is surgical palliation associated with improved clinical outcome relative to medical palliation?	23
Narrowing the global surgical perspective: The big city bias	23
A prospective study comparing the midline and lateral trans-laryngeal ultrasonography approaches in vocal cord assessment before and after thyroid and neck surgeries	23
Deriving a definition of chronic critical illness: ICU stay of 10 days	23
Mentoring diverse students: Opening opportunities via virtual platforms	23
Hartmann's reversal is associated with worse outcomes compared to elective left colectomy: A NSQIP analysis of 36,794 cases	23
Evaluating the risk of spinal cord ischemia in zone 2 frozen elephant trunk replacement	23
Timing and necessity of staging imaging in clinical stage II cutaneous melanoma: Cost-effectiveness and clinical decision analysis	23
Utilizing triage rates to improve ICU admission guidelines of elderly rib fracture patients	22
Finding my people: Effects of student identity and vulnerability to Stereotype Threat on sense of belonging in surgery	21
The impact of COVID-19 on first-year medical education – Insights and lessons learned from students pursuing careers in surgery	21
Nerve monitoring decreases recurrent laryngeal nerve injury risk for neoplasm-related thyroidectomy	21
Application of the ACS NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator on a global scale	21
Analysis of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients undergoing curative-intent resection of localized adrenocortical carcinoma	20
External validation of four Pancreatic Fistula Risk Score models in the Deep South US: Do racial disparities affect pancreatic fistula prediction?	20
Geospatial analysis of firearm injuries in an urban setting: Individual rather than community characteristics affect firearm injury risk	20
Distressed community index as a predictor of presentation and postoperative outcomes in ventral hernia repair	20
Conventional hepatic arterial anatomy? Novel findings and insights of a multi-disciplinary hepatic arterial infusion pump program	20
Single-use negative pressure wound therapy versus conventional dressings for the reduction of surgical site infections in closed surgical incisions: Systematic literature review and meta-analysis	20
Invited commentary: How important is a resident's schedule?	20
The impact of Area Deprivation Index (ADI) in abdominal wall reconstruction (AWR)	20
Effect of antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy on bleeding complications following ventral hernia repair: An ACHQC analysis	20
We have earned our place	19
Risk factors for opioid use disorder after severe burns in adults	19
Close surveillance imaging is unnecessary for patients with grade I blunt thoracic aortic injury	19
Influence of endocrine multidisciplinary tumor board on patient management and treatment decision making	19
The crisis of global health tourism: Review of the current status of global health in undergraduate medical education	19
Racial disparities in time to laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis	18
Fragility index for extended prophylaxis following abdominopelvic surgery: A methodological survey	18
Factors associated with physicians’ recommendations for managing low-risk papillary thyroid cancer	18
Factors associated with stoma closure after cytoreductive surgery	18
Systemic biomarkers currently implicated in the formation of abdominal wall hernia: A systematic review of the literature	18
Impact of neighborhood characteristics on textbook outcome following major surgery	18
Gender-based disparities in burn injuries, care and outcomes: A World Health Organization (WHO) Global Burn Registry cohort study	18
No such thing as a good war	18
Use of post-discharge opioid consumption patterns as a tool for evaluating opioid prescribing guidelines	18
The association of hernia-specific and procedural risk factors with early complications in ventral hernia repair: ACHQC analysis	18
Letter to editor in response to article entitled “Earlier liposomal bupivacaine blocks improve analgesia and decrease opioid requirements for bariatric surgery patients”	18
Clinical observation of super tension-relieving suture for wound repair following resection of benign skin tumors in pediatric patients	18
Re-discovering surgical innovation - An essential component of the academic surgeon	18
Does surgical observed structured clinical exam (OSCE) predict clerkship grade, shelf exam scores, and preceptor clinical evaluation?	18
The role of telemedicine in building trust: An evolution of the patient-surgeon relationship	18
“Blunt adrenal injury does not affect outcomes in the pediatric population with isolated abdominal injury- a National Trauma Data Bank Review®.”	18
Telling my aunt she was dying	18
Cardiovascular disease risk scores in patients with optimal vs suboptimal weight loss after bariatric surgery: Translating improvements into clinical practice	17
Dual adjunct therapy with dexamethasone and dexmedetomidine in transversus abdominis plane blocks reduces postoperative opioid use in colorectal surgery	17
Seeing green: Lighting up the ureters in minimally invasive colorectal surgery	17
Anti-mucin 4 fluorescent antibody brightly targets colon cancer in patient-derived orthotopic xenograft mouse models: A proof-of-concept study for future clinical applications	17

Rectus to defect ratio for estimating the complexity of ventral hernia repair: Is it reliable for robotic surgery?	17
Fraudulent feelings: Imposter syndrome in surgery	17
Marijuana and thromboembolic events in geriatric trauma patients: The cannabinoids clots correlation!	17
Primary Hyperparathyroidism and the PAS Score	17
Controller size matters: User proficiency is affected by endoscopic controller size	17
Hazards of surgical smoke from electrocautery: A critical review of the data	17
Regional mock oral board exercises for chief residents in general surgery	17
Development of a novel tool to predict pulmonary complications in trauma patients with and without chest injury	17
Is your face worth it? The cost of transfer for isolated facial fractures: A commentary on “Isolated facial fractures transferred for higher level of care”	17
Introduction to papers presented at the festschrift of Janice L. Pasieka	16
Multiple hepatocellular carcinoma: Long-term outcomes following resection beyond actual guidelines. An Italian multicentric retrospective study	16
Changes in trends during the COVID-19 lockdown: An urban, Level-1 trauma center's experience	16
Time to surgery: A health equity metric in breast cancer patients	16
Is winning the only thing? – Examining the “win ratio” concept in synchronous colorectal liver metastasis	16
Prevalence and risk factors for acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder after burn injury	16
The criticality of reasonable accommodations: A scoping review revealing gaps in care for patients with blindness and low vision	16
Re-operation following urgent and emergent colectomies: An investigation of indications and utility as a quality indicator	16
Decision making and informed consent in uterus transplant recipients: A mixed-methods study of the Dallas uterus transplant study (DUETS) participants	16
Loss of independence after pancreatic surgery	16
New alternative colorectal anastomotic devices: A systematic review and meta-analysis	15
Longitudinal experience of patients with post-thyroidectomy vocal cord paralysis	15
Extra-abdominal CT imaging indicates increased severity of illness in advanced age patients requiring emergency abdominal surgery	15
Comparison between non-surgical and surgical management of rib fractures in major trauma patients without brain injuries	15
Blood transfusion in cardiac surgeries – Toward a personalized protocol	15
The global pandemic's second deadly hit: cancer care	15
Postoperative plasma presepsin as a biomarker of postoperative infectious complications in different surgical departments: A meta-analysis and systematic review	15
Gender and racial diversity in leadership roles within academic surgery internationally: a retrospective cross-sectional study pre-COVID-19	15
Association between surgeon age and surgical complications: A systematic review and meta-analysis	15
Performance of risk prediction models for post-operative mortality in patients undergoing liver resection	15
Addressing the impact of family planning on medical students’ perception of entering surgical residency	15
Colon injuries in the presence of complete spinal cord injury: Primary repair or colostomy?	15
Association of Medicaid expansion of the Affordable Care Act with operations for benign endocrine surgical disease	15
Breast cancer treatment delay and the Hispanic paradox: A SEER database analysis	15
Are women residents of surgical specialties at a higher risk of developing imposter syndrome?	15
What constitutes a successful retirement? Invited commentary on: Anteby and coauthors, passing the scalpel: Lessons on retirement planning from retired academic surgeons	15
Abdominal ultrasound findings contribute to a multivariable predictive risk score for surgical necrotizing enterocolitis: A pilot study	14
Editorial Board	14
Pan scan for geriatric trauma patients: Overkill or necessary?	14
The preoperative risk tool SURPAS accurately predicts outcomes in emergency surgery	14
Building upon the train-the-trainer model to advance surgical capacity in low- and middle-income countries	14
Patterns of gastric cancer metastasis in the United States	14
Long road ahead for diversity efforts in surgery	14
Day-case loop ileostomy reversal based on the community hospital joined enhanced recovery after surgery (CHJ-ERAS) program in China: Safe and feasible	14
Not all traumatic brain injury patients on preinjury anticoagulation are the same	14
Mediators of racial disparities in postoperative outcomes among patients undergoing complex surgery	14
Socioeconomic disparities and bariatric surgery outcomes: A qualitative analysis	14
Editorial Board	14
Surgical training simulation modalities in minimally invasive surgery: How to achieve evidence-based curricula by translational research	14
Open hepatic resection in the elderly at two tertiary referral centers	13
Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) prior to interfacility transfer: Who might benefit in a statewide trauma system?	13
Epidemiology of swallow dysfunction in CDH patients	13
A fast tract to foregut surgery: Pandemic-driven protocol development	13
Best surgical approach for splenic flexure colon cancers: Extended versus segmental resection?	13
One and done? Repair of recurrent hernias after prior Myofascial release	13
Gender disparities during the transition into practice of newly trained surgeons: Are female surgeons left behind?	13
Survey shows all surgical residents have exposure to robotic surgery yet no formalized curricula exist amongst programs: A Southwest Surgical Congress Survey	13
Thoughts on 2021–2022 visiting rotation recommendations from current and recent applicants in surgery	13
Invited commentary on “How well do we understand our patients’ perioperative experience? A qualitative analysis of themes derived from patient-centric resident conferences”	13
Neighborhood deprivation and Medicare expenditures for common surgical procedures	13
Preoperative laboratory testing among low-risk patients prior to elective ambulatory endocrine surgeries: A review of the 2015–2018 NSQIP cohorts	13
Grading severity of MVI impacts long-term outcomes after laparoscopic liver resection for early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma: A multicenter study	13
Management and outcomes of severe pelvic fractures in level I and II ACS verified trauma centers	13
Predictors of lymph node metastases in patients with malignant adenomatous polyps of the colon	13
High-risk liver patients are not associated with adverse events following pancreaticoduodenectomy	13
From the Editor – in – Chief: Top papers from the Midwest Surgical Association	13
Same day discharge in colorectal surgery: Who requires unplanned overnight monitoring?	12
Implications of routine cholangiography during laparoscopic cholecystectomy on postoperative testing: Review of more than 2,300 cases in a community-based practice	12
Transition from trainee to educator in the operating room: A needs assessment and framework to support junior faculty	12
Prospective, international analysis of quality of life outcomes in recurrent versus primary ventral hernia repairs	12
Role of preoperative CT imaging in penetrating thoraco-abdominal injuries: A multicenter study of urban trauma centers	12
Comparison of emergency general surgery at a tertiary and community hospital: One surgeon's perspective	12
Surgical Skills Coaches: Preparing for a peer-assisted learning model to train medical students in surgical skills	12
Gender disparities among leadership in academic surgical publishing over the past decade	12
Epidemiology and outcomes of primary pediatric lung malignancies: Updates from the SEER database	12
Examining the false-negative rate of a negative axillary node ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy in breast cancer patients undergoing upfront surgery	12
The lasting footprint of COVID-19 on surgical education: A resident and attending perspective on the global pandemic	12
Sublobar or lobar resection in early-stage peripheral non-small cell lung cancer less than 2cm: A meta-analysis for randomized controlled trials	12
Development models to predict complication and prognosis following liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with clinically significant portal hypertension	12
Family planning impact on medical students’ surgery interest and current policies in the United States: A scoping review	12
The “Broken rung” in transplantation surgery	12

Paying it forward: A pilot program for near-peer support for medical students during the surgery clerkship	12
Emergency medicine (EM) can safely manage geriatric trauma patients sustaining ground level falls: Fostering EM autonomy while safely offloading a busy trauma service	12
Improving shared decision making in virtual breast cancer surgery consultations	12
Are we measuring what matters most? ACP completion among patients undergoing gastrostomy tube placement	12
Our surgical practice with the Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons (PAACS)	12
Surgeon as teacher Scott Warner Woods Memorial Lecture Midwest Surgical Association Mackinac Island, Michigan	12
Table of Contents (4 pgs)	11
Violent trauma as an indirect impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review of hospital reported trauma	11
Can less Be more in the treatment of cN1a papillary thyroid microcarcinoma?	11
WITHDRAWN: To stand in another's shoes	11
Association of traumatic brain injury with management and outcomes of patients with blunt thoracic aortic injury	11
How well do faculty do in providing general surgery EPA feedback?	11
Utilization of telemedicine to provide post-discharge care: A comparison of pre-pandemic vs. pandemic care	11
Quality and utilization of surgical care among Medicare Advantage beneficiaries	11
From mentorship to developing a novel surgical technique: The journey of an African-American female surgeon	11
Elective inguinal hernia repair: Is increased resident autonomy associated with early postoperative clinical outcome?	11
Editorial Board	11
From the editor – In – Chief: Featured papers in the July issue	11
A single institution experience with papillary thyroid cancer: Are outcomes better at comprehensive cancer centers?	11
Social vulnerability index (SVI) and poor postoperative outcomes in children undergoing surgery in California	11
Navigating the changing landscape of transplant research: Trends, topics, and gender disparities	11
Ventral hernia repair with concurrent intra-abdominal surgery: Results from an eleven-year population-based cohort in Sweden	11
Disparities in the treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism: A scoping review and conceptual model	11
From the Editor – in – Chief: Top papers from the Association of Women Surgeons	11
From the Editor-in-Chief: Top papers from the Midwest Surgical Association	11
Socioeconomic risk factors for mortality and readmission after surgery for bowel obstruction: An analysis of the Nationwide Readmissions Database	11
Closing the educational gap in surgery: Teaching team communication and conflict management	11
Laparoscopic anterior resection with or without transanal tube for rectal cancer patients – A multicenter randomized controlled trial	11
The in-vitro influence of urea concentration on thromboelastrography in patients with and without end stage renal disease	11
Who's keeping score? Risk assessment models should be built for the clinicians using them	11
The effects of mindfulness-focused mental performance coaching on a general surgery residency program	11
Does race impact outcomes after parathyroidectomy for secondary and tertiary hyperparathyroidism?	10
Intraoperative teaching methods, models, and frameworks: A scoping review for surgical resident education	10
Impact of breast density on re-excision and recurrence of breast cancer following breast conserving surgery	10
Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes in primary melanoma are associated with a better prognosis	10
From the Editor – in – Chief: Top papers from the Southwestern Surgical Congress	10
From the Editor – in – Chief: Featured papers in the special diversity, equity, and inclusion issue	10
A standardized carotid endarterectomy care pathway is associated with lower ICU admission rates and a significant reduction in hospital charges	10
Trainee-initiated dictations of endocrine surgeries: Implications for education and reimbursement	10
Graft repair of arteriovenous fistula aneurysms is associated with decreased long-term patency	10
Earlier liposomal bupivacaine blocks improve analgesia and decrease opioid requirements for bariatric surgery patients	10
Validation study of the ACS NSQIP surgical risk calculator for two procedures in Japan	10
Variation in commercial prices for thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy at US hospitals	10
Editorial Board	10
Patient values in breast cancer surgical decision-making - The WhySurg study	10
False reassurances: Mortality risks in penetrating trauma patients with verbal GCS ≥3	10
Artificial intelligence and the education of future surgeons	10
Recent trends in NIH funding for top surgeon-scientists	10
Evaluation of free mobile health applications for pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence	10
Informing therapeutic lymphadenectomy: Location of regional metastatic lymph nodes in adrenocortical carcinoma	10
How teaching surgeons communicate: An analysis of intraoperative discourse among male and female surgeons	10
Academic surgery after the overturning of Roe vs. Wade	10
Assessment of psychological debriefing models’ components & effective implementation, and its impact on healthcare professionals stress management skills, mental wellbeing, and clinical performanc	10
Music in the operating room: There is more than meets the ears!	10
To infinity and beyond: A historical bibliometric analysis of medullary thyroid carcinoma	10
Communication in the operating room – No longer cold and sterile	10
A prospective study evaluating the use of low-dose intravenous sedation and analgesia during radiofrequency ablation of symptomatic, benign thyroid nodules	10
Editorial Board	9
From the Editor – in – Chief: Featured papers in the October issue	9
Cognition, Code, and the Scalpel: A Roadmap to Autonomous Robotic Surgery	9
The power of partnership: Exploring collaboration dynamics in U.S. transplant research	9
Modification of Splenorenal Shunt using Adrenal Vein as a Conduit: Proximal Spleno-Adrenorenal Shunt	9
Letter to editor in response to article entitled: “Visual teaching aids improve understanding and reduce anxiety prior to a colectomy”	9
Making leadership a priority in surgical residency	9
County-level food insecurity is associated with outcomes following cardiac surgery	9
The optimal management of blunt aortic injury in the young	9
Should breast surgery be considered for patients with de novo metastatic inflammatory breast cancer?	9
Survival disparities in rural versus urban patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor: A multi-institutional study from the US neuroendocrine tumor study group	9
Reproductive planning and infertility: Training the next generation of surgeons	9
Editorial Board	9
Disparities in outpatient rural cholecystectomy outcomes	9
Masculinizing chest surgery for gender affirmation: A retrospective study of outcomes and patient reported satisfaction	9
Enriching the discussion of shifting the ABCs of trauma to XABCs	9
Effect of Medicaid expansion on inflammatory bowel disease and healthcare utilization	9
The why and how of the minimally invasive pneumoperitoneum in present-day laparoscopic surgery	9
EGS plus: Predicting futility in LVAD patients with emergency surgical disease	9
The effects of the Affordable Care Act on access and outcomes of colon surgery	9
Impact of COVID on surgical case volume at military treatment facilities with surgical residencies	9
Outcomes for audio-only and video-based preoperative encounters for abdominal wall reconstruction and hernia consultations	9
Table of Contents (3 pgs)	9
Commentary: Small nonfunctional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NF-PNETS): Resect or enucleate ? The case for an individualized approach	9
From the Editor - in - Chief: Featured Papers in the February 2023 Issue	9
The development and measurement properties of the trauma NOn-TECHnical skills (T-NOTECHS) scale: A scoping review	9
The benefit of sentinel lymph node biopsy in elderly patients with melanoma	9
Utilizing risk-stratified pathways to personalize post-hepatectomy discharge planning: A contemporary analysis of 1,354 patients	9
The price of conference attendance: Opportunities to improve access for medical students	9
How to determine the end points of leg fasciotomy	9
Traumatic thoracic rib cage and chest wall hernias: A review and discussion of management principles	9
One step ahead: Finding mentors at all stages of a surgical career	9
Emergent colectomy for colorectal cancer: A comparative analysis of open vs. minimally invasive approach	9
Development and validation of prealbumin-bilirubin score (preALBI score) for predicting long-term survival after hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma: A multicenter analysis versus ALBI score	9
The Affordable Care Act: A success?	8
Persistent and recurrent hyperparathyroidism – Attitude	8
See one, do one, teach one - Trends in resident autonomy and teaching assistant cases during general surgery residency in the United States: A nationwide retrospective analysis	8
TXA combined with whole blood transfusion in trauma patients does not increase the risk of VTE but shock index does	8