OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Surgery is 33. 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
US national trends in bariatric surgery: A decade of study	81
The association of neighborhood social vulnerability with surgical textbook outcomes among patients undergoing hepatopancreatic surgery	78
Perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infections increase mortality, pulmonary complications, and thromboembolic events: A Dutch, multicenter, matched-cohort clinical study	74
Computer vision in surgery	71
Small bowel ischemia and SARS-CoV-2 infection: an underdiagnosed distinct clinical entity	65
Current state of intraoperative use of near infrared fluorescence for parathyroid identification and preservation	65
Profiles in social vulnerability: The association of social determinants of health with postoperative surgical outcomes	62
Learning curve of laparoscopic and robotic pancreas resections: a systematic review	62
Periarterial divestment in pancreatic cancer surgery	62
The likely economic impact of fewer elective surgical procedures on US hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic	58
Liver venous deprivation compared to portal vein embolization to induce hypertrophy of the future liver remnant before major hepatectomy: A single center experience	57
Preoperative patient education and patient preparedness are associated with less postoperative use of opioids	54
The impact of negative pressure wound therapy for closed surgical incisions on surgical site infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis	53
Impact of visitor restriction rules on the postoperative experience of COVID-19 negative patients undergoing surgery	53
Influence of hospital teaching status on the chance to achieve a textbook outcome after hepatopancreatic surgery for cancer among Medicare beneficiaries	52
DElayed COloRectal cancer care during COVID-19 Pandemic (DECOR-19): Global perspective from an international survey	51
Management of the pancreatic transection plane after left (distal) pancreatectomy: Expert consensus guidelines by the International Study Group of Pancreatic Surgery (ISGPS)	47
A review of gender affirmation surgery: What we know, and what we need to know	42
Acute arterial and deep venous thromboembolism in COVID-19 patients: Risk factors and personalized therapy	40
Gender distribution among surgical journals’ editorial boards: Empowering women surgeon scientists	40
Comparison of the transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular approach and open thyroidectomy: A propensity score–matched analysis of surgical outcomes and safety in the treatment of papillary thyro	39
Hyperamylasemia and acute pancreatitis after pancreatoduodenectomy: Two different entities	38
Quantitative fluorescence angiography versus hyperspectral imaging to assess bowel ischemia: A comparative study in enhanced reality	38
Deep learning-based computer vision to recognize and classify suturing gestures in robot-assisted surgery	37
Does near-infrared fluorescent cholangiography with indocyanine green reduce bile duct injuries and conversions to open surgery during laparoscopic or robotic cholecystectomy? — A meta-analysis	37

Where did the patients go? Changes in acute appendicitis presentation and severity of illness during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: A retrospective cohort study	35
Postoperative hyperamylasemia (POH) and acute pancreatitis after pancreatoduodenectomy (POAP): State of the art and systematic review	35
Transatlantic registries of pancreatic surgery in the United States of America, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden: Comparing design, variables, patients, treatment strategies, and outcomes	35
Extrathyroidal extension predicts negative clinical outcomes in papillary thyroid cancer	35
Effect of surgical margin width after R0 resection for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: A nationwide survey of the Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan	35
A prospective randomized controlled trial to assess the efficacy and safety of prophylactic central compartment lymph node dissection in papillary thyroid carcinoma	34
Socioeconomic risk-adjustment with the Area Deprivation Index predicts surgical morbidity and cost	34
Textbook oncologic outcome is associated with increased overall survival after esophagectomy	34
Clinical significance of postoperative acute pancreatitis after pancreatoduodenectomy and distal pancreatectomy	33
Pulmonary lobectomy for cancer: Systematic review and network meta-analysis comparing open, video-assisted thoracic surgery, and robotic approach	33
Periadventitial dissection of the superior mesenteric artery for locally advanced pancreatic cancer: Surgical planning with the “halo sign” and “string sign”	33