Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Article	Citations
A large dermoid cyst of the spermatic cord	76
One-year follow-up of conservative management of appendicitis: results from a single centre during extended lockdown in the COVID-19 pandemic	45
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known	45
Small bowel intussusception and concurrent jejunal polyp with neoplastic transformation: a new diagnosis of Peutz–Jeghers syndrome	28
The novel use of a vacuum-assisted closure dressing in the management of Fournier's gangrene	26
‘It’s just a mucocele’: a case report of a massive appendiceal mucocele presenting as a left upper quadrant mass	24
Does the extent of neck surgery based on preoperative calcitonin level influence survival in medullary thyroid carcinoma: a retrospective tertiary centre experience	23
National trends in the initial diagnosis and management of carpal tunnel syndrome: results from the ELECTS (ELEctrophysiology in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome) study	23
ASiT Innovation Summit e-Posters	23
‘There’s a frog in my throat’: bilateral prolapsing lung apices presenting as a neck lump	18
Vitamin D repletion in primary hyperparathyroid patients undergoing parathyroidectomy leads to reduced symptomatic hypocalcaemia and reduced length of stay: a retrospective cohort study	17
COVID-19-related orbital abscesses: a case report	16
Water-soluble contrast agent use in adhesional small bowel obstruction: a survey of surgical practices and clinical trial considerations	14
A national survey of the diagnosis and management of Ménière’s disease among ENT consultants, UK	14
Advanced breast conservation and partial breast reconstruction – a review of current available options for oncoplastic breast surgery	13
Assessing the readability and quality of online information on benign paroxysmal positional vertigo	13
What is a tibial pilon fracture and how should they be acutely managed? A survey of consultant British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society members and non-members	13
Penthrox enables quicker management of fractures, dislocations and more: learning lessons from expedited care of trauma patients during the COVID-19 pandemic	12
Outcomes following reverse total shoulder arthroplasty vs operative fixation for proximal humerus fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis	12
The carbon footprint of surgical operations: a systematic review update	12
Clinician preferences in the treatment of acutely symptomatic hernia: the ‘MASH’ survey	12
A systematic review of the prevalence of burnout in orthopaedic surgeons	11
Pragmatism and Professionalism	11
Pilonidal sinus laser-assisted closure (PiLAC) – a low-morbidity alternative to excision with excellent long-term outcomes	11
The retrograde Kirschner wire extraction technique: a simple and time-saving tool in intra-articular fracture reduction	11

What's in a name?	11
Peritoneal malignancy in the global COVID-19 pandemic: experience of recovery and restoration in a high-volume centre through NHS and independent sector collaboration	11
A national survey on enhanced recovery for renal transplant recipients: current practices and trends in the UK	10
Small bowel obstruction caused by a fibrotic bow-string appendix: a consequence of non-operative management of acute appendicitis	10
Recurrent endometrial carcinoma metastasis to the temporal bone and skull base	10
Percutaneous threaded pin reduction of Bosworth fracture: a novel surgical technique	10
Bilateral obstructive megaureter with right lower ureteric urothelial carcinoma: a very rare coalition	10
Frailty as an indicator of postoperative complications following surgical excision of non-melanoma skin cancer on the head and neck	10
Assembling a custom-made F-tool for intraoperative closed reduction of long bone fractures using used external fixation devices	10
Medical complications following shoulder arthroplasty: a review of the evidence	9
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed by a surgical care practitioner: a review of outcomes	9
Immersive robotic colorectal training in the United Kingdom is safe and efficient	9
Laparoscopy uptake for paediatric appendicectomy: a comparison of general surgeons versus specialist paediatric surgeons in England from 1997 to 2015	9
Implications of equipment failure occurring during surgery	9
The glove hand: an innovative method for effective bedside preoperative flap planning in hand injuries	9
The impact of COVID-19 on inflammatory bowel disease surgery: a systematic review	9
An unusual presentation of penile Mondor’s disease in an HIV-positive patient	9
Emergency versus semi-elective management of mandible fractures: a Maxillofacial Trainee Research Collaborative (MTReC) study	8
Understanding the past, living the future	8
The legacy of COVID-19 on surgical research	8
Critical limb ischaemia in the time of COVID-19: establishing ambulatory service provision	8
Cosmetic incision for paediatric muscle biopsy	8
The persistent challenges faced by vascular surgery services during the UK coronavirus pandemic: a snapshot qualitative survey	8
Cancer diagnosis	8
Critical values for body mass index related to morbidity in high-volume low-complexity general surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Delayed transrectal mesh erosion after sacrocolpopexy	8
An inexpensive novel training model for simulated laparoscopic appendicectomy training	8
Is precision medicine the future of surgical site infection prevention?	8
Face mask as a model for practising hands and microsurgical skills in plastics and reconstructive surgery	7
Bilateral sequential Ramsay Hunt syndrome in an immunocompromised adult: a rare entity	7
Emergency surgery preoperative delays: realities, economic impacts and gains of a second emergency operating theatre	7
A tale of two unconventional adult diaphragmatic hernias	7
Management of sigmoid volvulus using percutaneous endoscopic colostomy	7
Introducing a new proforma for the safe use of intraoperative tourniquets in orthopaedic surgery	7
Fracture of a triple-polished tapered cemented femoral stem at the Morse taper after metal-on-metal primary total hip arthroplasty	7
Colorectal cancer in the young – outcomes following surgical management?	7
The palliative management of non-islet cell tumour hypoglycaemia with glucocorticoids and somatostatin analogues in an unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma	7
Knowledge and caring	7
Endobronchial valve use in COVID-19 related pneumothorax and persistent air leak	7
Pain management after laparoscopic colorectal surgery: inference to central neuraxial analgaesia and nerve blocks	7
Simple technique for removal of loose and buried pedicle screw using ‘push and pull’ technique	6
The carbon agenda	6
The effect of anaesthetic use on healing in sub cutaneous abscess management: a retrospective before and after cohort study	6
Developing a research portfolio as a trainee	6
Pyriform sinus injury in thyroidectomy: the unknown complicating the known	6
Patient characteristics and refusal to participate in a head and neck cancer intervention trial: experience of two tertiary UK head and neck cancer centres	6
Systematic review of bilateral epididymal leiomyomas	6
Patients’ expectation of postoperative course and satisfaction following cardiac surgery	6
Unique collateralisation between the left internal thoracic artery and the coeliac artery	6
Maternal outcomes of pregnant patients after trauma: a retrospective study of the Trauma Registry of England and Wales	6

Vesicourachal diverticulum	6
A quality improvement project of patient perception of AI-generated discharge summaries: a comparison with doctor-written summaries	6
Virtual clinics in foot and ankle surgery: patient and clinician perceptions	6
Nonemergency colectomy for inflammatory bowel disease: the National Consultant Information Programme (NCIP) used to highlight colorectal surgery practice and outcomes in England 2018–2022	5
Reporting issues with systematic reviews and meta-analyses	5
Review of the national usage of antibiotics in arthroplasty surgery: a need for evidence-based prescribing	5
Comparison of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in children at paediatric centres and adult centres: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Immobilisation in a collar and cuff with high elbow flexion is a safe and effective treatment option to reduce and immobilise Gartland type II supracondylar fractures	5
Outcomes of patients with non-lower gastrointestinal cancer diagnosed via the lower gastrointestinal two-week-wait service	5
A simple technical tip to reduce complications associated with separate pin-site incisions in robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty	5
A novel treatment for supraglottic stenosis secondary to immunoglobulin G4-related disease	5
Rare case of combined vascular malformation of the face: a successful surgical management	5
A novel technique for traction table set up in extracapsular hip fractures to overcome fixed flexion deformities of both hip and knee	5
A single-centre ten-year retrospective cohort study of malignant small bowel obstruction	5
Retroperitoneal haemangioma masquerading as recurrence of well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumour: a cautionary note	5
Melanosis of the urinary bladder	5
Learning from aviation….Clinician Resource Management	5
Aberrant right posterior sectoral duct injury necessitating liver resection	5
A temporary measure for ureteral stenting	5
Release of individual surgeon data to the public: patients’ and surgeons’ views	5
The changing epidemiology of radial head replacement over a 22-year period in Scotland	5
Two cases of asymptomatic Teflon granulomas following microvascular decompression mimicking cerebellopontine angle tumours: lessons learnt in the neuro-oncology multidisciplinary team	5
Perforated spontaneous intestinal intramural haematoma	5
Process and outcome differences in the care of patients undergoing elective and emergency right hemicolectomy	5
Preoperative investigations in thyroglossal duct cyst surgery: a 9-year experience and proposed practice guide	5
Role of urinary pregnancy testing in the diagnosis of men with testicular cancer	5
17 years’ experience of surgical management of thoracic outlet syndrome at a district general hospital	5
Rapid implementation of triaging system for assessment of breast referrals from primary care centres during the COVID-19 pandemic	5
Management of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis: a prospective study	5
Changes in hip and knee arthroplasty practice post-COVID-19 in the English NHS: a retrospective analysis of hospital episode statistics data	5
Patient-specific frontal titanium mesh fabrication using a moulding technique	5
Total neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a silver lining during the COVID pandemic for a patient with locally advanced diffuse distal gastric adenocarcinoma	5
Outpatient secondary care pathways for head and neck cancer referral result in patient delays for cancer treatment	4
A cost–consequence analysis of eLearning videos designed to supplement the consent process in lower limb arthroplasty	4
Clinical characteristics, treatment strategies and oncologic outcomes of primary retroperitoneal tumours: a retrospective analysis in the Chinese population	4
Suprapubic catheter insertion: a multicentre review on mortality during short-, medium- and long-term follow-up	4
Oral Presentations	4
A novel technique of draping for the Smith–Robinson approach	4
A modified guidewire reinsertion technique following inadvertent wire removal during dynamic hip screw fixation surgery	4
Management of acute colonic pseudo-obstruction: opportunities to improve care?	4
Surgery for phaeochromocytomas and paragangliomas: Current practice in the United Kingdom	4
Splenogonadal fusion: aiding detection and avoiding radical orchidectomy	4
The 2-week wait pathway for suspected head and neck cancers in patients with throat and voice symptoms: referral patterns, common clinical practice and diagnostic efficacy of NICE guidelines	4
Reducing the rate of negative ureteroscopy: predictive factors and the role of preoperative imaging	4
Factors affecting quality of life in rectal cancer survivors who have undergone laparoscopic surgery: patient-reported outcomes over 10 years at a single institution	4
Twenty years of the Technical Section	4
Consecutive ipsilateral inferior pole patella and superior patella sleeve fractures	4
A surgeon-modified device for the evacuation of diathermy smoke	4
Comparison of fine-needle aspiration with fine-needle capillary cytology in thyroid nodules	4
The impact of a fellow on a regional robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy service	4
Suprascapular nerve blockage for painful shoulder pathology – a systematic review and meta-analysis of treatment techniques	4
Evaluating the potential utility of three-dimensional printed models in preoperative planning and patient consent in gastrointestinal cancer surgery	4
Innovation and the publishing gambit	4
The role of social inequalities in the epidemiology of urological cancers: can this inform cancer screening?	4
A prospective evaluation of the American College of Surgeons Surgical Risk Calculator as a predictor of complications for breast surgery	4
Treatment of true superficial femoral artery aneurysms: the 15-year experience of a single centre	4
The ‘Wirral Wedge’: an aid to position arm safely in upper limb surgery	4
A systematic review of ultrasonography-guided transcutaneous fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of laryngeal malignancy	4
Evaluation of treatment delays in hepatopancreatico-biliary surgery during the first COVID-19 wave	4
Zone 1 and 2 flexor tendon repair via a longitudinal incision crossing the volar distal interphalangeal joint: functional and cosmetic outcomes	4
Does titanium cage subsidence affect clinical outcomes in ACDF surgery? A tertiary centre experience	4
Clinical outcomes for microvascular reconstruction in oral cancers: experience from a single surgical centre	4
Open access: evolution not revolution	4
Validation of a novel simulated tendon model for core suture tendon repair	4
Evaluation of bilateral interdigitated Pacman flap for reconstruction of skin defects in different parts of the body	4
The combined measurement of synovial markers in the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection	4
Evaluation of hypoparathyroidism following laryngectomy	4
Supervised exercise training improves cardiorespiratory fitness and reduces perioperative risk in peripheral artery disease patients with intermittent claudication	4
A Foley catheter ‘the jack of all trades’: a literature review of its common and novel uses	3
Performance of ultrasound in the diagnosis of cholecystitis: not so (ultra)sound?	3
Learning in the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: development and rapid uptake of an online learning platform for vascular surgery	3
Metastases from gastric cancer presenting as colorectal lesions: a report of two cases and systematic review	3
The application of human reliability analysis to carpal tunnel decompression	3
A simple trick for supinated hand positioning during hand surgery	3
The provision of a trauma bed in theatre recovery and its impact on trauma theatre efficiency: experience from a high-volume trauma unit	3
A census of general surgery consultants in England and Wales: implications for the current and future surgical workforce	3
The use of topical anaesthetic in the banding of internal haemorrhoids: a feasibility study for a randomised control trial	3
Predictability and durability of mitral valve repair in patients with severe degenerative mitral regurgitation in medium sized centres	3
Non-invasive cardiac output monitoring with electrical velocimetry after cardiac surgery in infants	3
Lipoma of the gastrointestinal tract: a tertiary care centre experience	3

Re: Letter regarding Pragmatism and Professionalism	3
ASiT Innovation Summit Oral Presentations	3
Predictors of long-term survival in 5,680 patients admitted to a UK major trauma centre with thoracic injuries	3
Technique for traversing both plate and nail-locking screw holes in nail–plate composite fixation	3
From nephrostomy to urethra: overcoming a radiotherapy-induced urethral stricture with a rendezvous technique	3
Environmentally friendly splints for limb immobilisation: a systematic review	3
Combined heart and liver transplantation: an updated systematic review	3
Comparison of orthopaedic specialty registrar training opportunities in trusts with and without an elective surgical hub: a review of administrative data	3
Comment on paper by Lv	3
The increasing burden of the 2-week wait colorectal cancer pathway in a single centre: the impact of faecal immunochemical tests	3
Trapeziectomy and ligament reconstruction tendon interposition: an in vivo, patient-controlled, biomechanical study relating to pinch grip	3
Systematic review of the results of fenestrated endovascular aortic repair in octogenarians	3
Postoperative surveillance after surgery for colorectal liver metastasis: a cross-sectional study	3
Institution within institution	3
Cholecysto-duodenal and cholecysto-colic fistulae identified intraoperatively during laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a surgical hub	3
Reverse boot technique for applying traction in below knee amputees	3
Ileal rhabdomyosarcoma in a patient with a history of squamous cell lung cancer	3
Coin-cidence? Have cashless payments reduced the incidence of upper aerodigestive foreign body insertion? A study of UK Hospital Episode Statistics	3
Examining the variation in consent in general surgery	3
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on head–neck cancer referral and treatment pathway in North East London	3
Ultrasound-positive axillary lymph nodes in early breast cancer: can a patient subgroup avoid axillary lymph node dissection? A simple algorithm is suggested	3
Evaluation of long-term outcome following therapeutic mammaplasty: the effect of wound complication on initiation of adjuvant therapy and subsequent oncological outcome	3
Radiolucent foreign bodies presenting as inflammatory bowel disease: the case of an ingested plastic straw disguising as Crohn’s	3
Renal transplantation in older adults: retrospective cohort study to examine the impact of the new 2019 kidney offering scheme on older adult transplant recipients	3
Use of jejunal serosal patch and pyloric exclusion in the management of complex duodenal injury	3
A systematic review of patient and clinician experiences of bariatric tourism	3
Which lesions with a radiological or core biopsy diagnosis of fibroadenoma should be excised?	3
Head–neck dissection course during COVID-19 pandemic: challenges, adaptations and how we did it	3
Myocardial protection in paediatric cardiac surgery: building an evidence-based strategy	3
An analysis of lesions associated with developmental venous anomalies	3
Skull base reconstruction with nasoseptal flap in oncologic cases: can narrow-band imaging help? How we do it	3
Letter in response to Tarallo et al 2022	3
Safe provision of elective endocrine surgery operations amid the COVID-19 crisis	3
Coress is an independent charity, supported by AXA Health, the MDU and the WPA Benevolent Foundation	3
Examining the barriers faced by female surgical trainees: a qualitative study	3
Are multiple-use bottles of chlorhexidine solutions at risk of contamination in joint replacement surgery?	3