OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Annals of Surgery is 57. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Managing COVID-19 in Surgical Systems	215
The Carbon Footprint of Surgical Operations	162
Gastrointestinal Complications in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19	151
Surgical Outcome Results From SWOG S1505	148
Global Overview of Response Rates in Patient and Health Care Professional Surveys in Surgery	143
Machine Learning for Surgical Phase Recognition	142
Effects of Community-based Exercise Prehabilitation for Patients Scheduled for Colorectal Surgery With High Risk for Postoperative Complications: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial	131
Assessment of Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer	127
Consensus Guidelines for the Use of Fluorescence Imaging in Hepatobiliary Surgery	122
Hypothermic Oxygenated Machine Perfusion Reduces Early Allograft Injury and Improves Post-transplant Outcomes in Extended Criteria Donation Liver Transplantation From Donation After Brain Death	120
Safe Cholecystectomy Multi-society Practice Guideline and State of the Art Consensus Conference on Prevention of Bile Duct Injury During Cholecystectomy	118
Perioperative Morbidity and Mortality of Patients With COVID-19 Who Undergo Urgent and Emergent Surgical Procedures	115
SARS-CoV-2 Is Present in Peritoneal Fluid in COVID-19 Patients	113
Artificial Intelligence for Surgical Safety	109
Artificial Intelligence for Intraoperative Guidance	109
Clinical Outcomes of Robotic Surgery Compared to Conventional Surgical Approaches (Laparoscopic or Open)	107
County-level Social Vulnerability is Associated With Worse Surgical Outcomes Especially Among Minority Patients	100
Poor Clinical Outcomes and Immunoevasive Contexture in Intratumoral IL-10-Producing Macrophages Enriched Gastric Cancer Patients	98
The Impact of Prehabilitation on Patient Outcomes in Hepatobiliary, Colorectal, and Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery	97
Opioids After Surgery in the United States Versus the Rest of the World	96
The Risk of Postoperative Complications After Major Elective Surgery in Active or Resolved COVID-19 in the United States	93
Outcomes After Tracheostomy in COVID-19 Patients	89
A Prospective, Multicenter Registry Study to Evaluate the Clinical Feasibility of Targeted Axillary Dissection (TAD) in Node-positive Breast Cancer Patients	88
Proposal of a New Comprehensive Notation for Hepatectomy	88
MRI-Diagnosed Tumor Deposits and EMVI Status Have Superior Prognostic Accuracy to Current Clinical TNM Staging in Rectal Cancer	87

mTOR Inhibition Is Most Beneficial After Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients With Active Tumors	82
Pancreatectomy With Arterial Resection for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: How Can It Be Done Safely and With Which Outcomes?	81
Liver Resection Versus Local Ablation Therapies for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Within the Milan Criteria	80
Treatment of Inguinal Hernia	78
Oncological Outcomes After Anastomotic Leakage After Surgery for Colon or Rectal Cancer	75
Robot-assisted Versus Conventional Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy for Resectable Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma	71
Locoregional Failure During and After Short-course Radiotherapy Followed by Chemotherapy and Surgery Compared With Long-course Chemoradiotherapy and Surgery	70
Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Navigation in Liver Surgery	67
Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma – Novel Benchmark Values for Surgical and Oncological Outcomes From 24 Expert Centers	67
A Randomized Clinical Trial Evaluating the Efficacy and Quality of Life of Antibiotic-only Treatment of Acute Uncomplicated Appendicitis	67
Initial Laparotomy Versus Peritoneal Drainage in Extremely Low Birthweight Infants With Surgical Necrotizing Enterocolitis or Isolated Intestinal Perforation	66
A Simple Classification of Pancreatic Duct Size and Texture Predicts Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula	66
Lung Transplantation for Elderly Patients With End-Stage COVID-19 Pneumonia	65
Whole Blood is Superior to Component Transfusion for Injured Children	64
Liver Transplantation Outcomes From Controlled Circulatory Death Donors	64
To a New Normal	64
Virtual Surgical Training During COVID-19	64
Increase in Pediatric Perforated Appendicitis in the New York City Metropolitan Region at the Epicenter of the COVID-19 Outbreak	63
Evidence-Based and Clinically Relevant Outcomes for Hemorrhage Control Trauma Trials	63
Telemedicine for Surgical Consultations – Pandemic Response or Here to Stay?	62
A Snapshot of Elective Oncological Surgery in Italy During COVID-19 Emergency	62
Tracheotomy in Ventilated Patients With COVID-19	61
Arterial Resection in Pancreatic Cancer Surgery	61
Radiological Simultaneous Portohepatic Vein Embolization (RASPE) Before Major Hepatectomy	61
Preventing Recurrence in Clean and Contaminated Hernias Using Biologic Versus Synthetic Mesh in Ventral Hernia Repair	61
Patient-derived Organoid Pharmacotyping is a Clinically Tractable Strategy for Precision Medicine in Pancreatic Cancer	60
Consensus Conference Statement on the General Use of Near-infrared Fluorescence Imaging and Indocyanine Green Guided Surgery	60
First Long-term Oncologic Results of the ALPPS Procedure in a Large Cohort of Patients With Colorectal Liver Metastases	59
A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial	58
Outcomes of Elective Major Cancer Surgery During COVID 19 at Tata Memorial Centre	57
The IDEAL Reporting Guidelines	57
A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis on the Impact of Proficiency-based Progression Simulation Training on Performance Outcomes	57