Surgery

Article	Citations
Killing mosquitoes or draining the swamp?	100
A Tribute to Dr Kevin E. Behrns, Editor-in-Chief of SURGERY	71
Letter to the editor: “Calcium phosphate deposition, tertiary hyperparathyroidism, and the long-term effect on kidney allografts”	66
Letter to the editor on “Laparoscopic pancreatoduodenectomy is safe for the treatment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma treated by chemoradiotherapy compared with open pancreatoduodenectomy: A match	65
Is there a place for laparoscopic reoperation for complications after minimally invasive pancreatectomy?	64
Hyperlipasemia in the immediate postoperative period predicts postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreatic resections	60
Letter to the editor on: “AI versus MD: Evaluating the surgical decision-making accuracy of ChatGPT-4”	59
The importance of a vice chair in a department of surgery: A chair's perspective	57
Discussion	53
Cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis during weekend compared with delayed weekday surgery: A nationwide population cohort study	52
Liver remnant volume to body weight ratio of 0.65% as a lower limit in right hepatic trisectionectomy with bile duct resection	51
Discussion	48
Medullary thyroid cancer: What is the optimal management of the lateral neck in a node negative patient at index operation?	45
Executive summary of the artificial intelligence in surgery series	42
Prognostic factors for critically ill surgical patients with unplanned intensive care unit readmission: Developing a novel predictive scoring model for predicting readmission	41
“Predictors of lymph node metastasis and survival in radically resected rectal neuroendocrine tumors: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database analysis”: Author’s reply	40
Surgical management of metastatic adrenocortical carcinoma: Is there a role for multivisceral resection?	37
The good, the bad, and the ugly: Operative staff perspectives of surgeon coping with intraoperative errors	36
Acute cholecystitis: Delayed cholecystectomy has lesser perioperative morbidity compared to emergency cholecystectomy	36
Gastroesophageal reflux after sleeve gastrectomy. Fact or fiction?	35
Frailty in emergency general surgery: Low-risk procedures pose similar risk as high-risk procedures for frail patients	35
Use and disparities in parathyroidectomy for symptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism in the Medicare population	35
Risk of lymph node metastases and conditional survival in appendiceal neuroendocrine neoplasms	34
Beyond the language barrier: Assessing health literacy of Spanish breast cancer surgery resources	34
The Emergency Surgery Score is a powerful predictor of outcomes across multiple surgical specialties: Results of a retrospective nationwide analysis	33

Trends in surgical treatment for ulcerative colitis in the era of biologics – A population-based study using German diagnosis-related groups data	33
Discussion	32
Development of a preoperative score to predict surgical difficulty in liver transplantation	32
Ancillary documents for NIH grant applications: The pages beyond the science	30
Emergency thoracic surgery patients have worse risk-adjusted outcomes than non-emergency patients	30
Social media as a disruptor for academic congresses	29
Discussion	29
Evaluating the effectiveness of using negative pressure wound therapy in the preservation of the infected prosthetic aortic graft	28
Concurrent SARS-COV-19 and acute appendicitis: Management and outcomes across United States children’s hospitals	27
Discussion	27
Clinical utility of a microRNA classifier in cytologically indeterminate thyroid nodules with RAS mutations: A multi-institutional study	27
Discussion	26
Proof of concept of improved fluorescence-guided surgery of colon cancer liver metastasis using color-coded imaging of a tumor-labeling fluorescent antibody and indocyanine green restricted to the adj	26
Clinical impact of coexistent chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis on central lymph node metastasis in low- to intermediate-risk papillary thyroid carcinoma: The MASTER study	25
But can the Bot Write?	25
Discussion	25
Sustained reduction of discharge opioid prescriptions in an enhanced recovery after thoracic surgery program: A multilevel generalized linear model	24
Axillary breast cancer with lateral orbital metastasis in a male patient	24
Discussion	24
Invited commentary on: Acute cholecystitis: Delayed cholecystectomy has lesser perioperative morbidity compared to emergency cholecystectomy	24
Pancreaticoduodenectomy is safe in appropriately resourced rural hospitals	24
Discussion	23
Thyroid surgery outcomes in octogenarians: A national analysis	23
To Associating Liver Partition and Portal Vein Ligation for Staged Hepatectomy (ALPPS) or Not to ALPPS	23
Information for readers	22
Cognitive effects of carotid revascularization in octogenarians	22
Rectal neuroendocrine tumors: Can they be observed?	22
Discussion	22
Larger recipient vein caliber during lymphatic microsurgical preventive healing approach (LYMPHA) is associated with lower lymphedema rates	22
Cover 1(with editorial board)	22
Sex differences in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism	22
Origins and implications of proper citation practices on academic integrity in surgical literature	22
Information for readers	21
Completion of preoperative chemotherapy and surgical outcome in patients with stenotic colon cancer without obstruction: A cohort study	21
Assessing the pathway and timing for ileostomy reversal in rectal cancer: A retrospective cohort study	21
Letter to the editor regarding “The role of length of oral resection margin and survival in esophageal cancer surgery after neoadjuvant therapy: A retrospective propensity score–matched study”	21
Financing and cost-effectiveness of emergency medical services in low- and middle-income countries	21
Access to surgical treatment for hepatopancreaticobiliary cancer in the Philippines	21
Failed recovery after pancreatoduodenectomy: A significant problem even without surgical complications	21
Letter to the editor on “Comparative analysis of treatment modalities for solitary, small (≤3 cm) hepatocellular carcinoma: A systematic review and network meta-analysis of oncologic outcomes”	21
The impact of operative approach on postoperative outcomes and healthcare utilization after colectomy	21
Surgery and pain relief: A closer look at opioid prescription trends	21
Lymph node ratio–based model for predicting survival and assessing the benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy in postoperative duodenal adenocarcinoma	21
Letter to the editor regarding “Neoadjuvant chemotherapy improves overall survival in stage III but not in stage II colon cancer: A propensity score–matched analysis of the National Cancer Database”	21
Neoadjuvant gemcitabine and S-1 in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: Effects on nutritional status and pancreaticoduodenectomy outcomes	20
Laparoscopic microwave ablation versus percutaneous microwave ablation of hepatic malignancies: Efficacy and recurrence-free survival outcomes in patients	20
The hidden side of infective endocarditis: Diagnostic and management of 500 consecutive cases in noncardiac surgery centers (2009–2018)	20
Disparities in Time to Surgeon Evaluation Among Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism	20
A nationwide analysis of pancreatic cancer trial enrollment reveals disparities and participation problems	20
Trauma video review outperforms prospective real-time data collection for study of resuscitative thoracotomy	20

Barriers to workup and referral of primary hyperparathyroidism: A qualitative study of providers' perspectives	20
Use of fluorescence imaging and indocyanine green during thyroid and parathyroid surgery: Results of an intercontinental, multidisciplinary Delphi survey	20
Discussion	20
Insurance type is associated with appropriate use of surgical and adjuvant care for differentiated thyroid carcinoma	19
A new operation for gallstones: Choledochoscopic gallbladder-preserving cholecystolithotomy, a retrospective study of 3,511 cases	19
Gastrointestinal surgery, malabsorptive conditions, and postoperative hypocalcemia after neck surgery	19
Soluble endothelial protein C receptor is an independent predictor of venous thromboembolism after severe injury: Secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study	19
Medullary thyroid cancer with RET V804M mutation: more indolent than expected?	19
Discussion	19
Comment on “Emergency general surgery in older adult patients: Factors associated with fragmented care”	19
Outcomes of synthetic and biologic mesh in abdominal wall reconstruction: A propensity-matched analysis in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention class 1 and 2 wounds	19
Risk assessment of lymph node metastasis in early gastric cancer: Establishment and validation of a Seven-point scoring model	19
Cover 1(with editorial board)	19
Long-term retreatment outcomes after definitive management of Graves’ disease with radioactive iodine versus surgery	19
Discussion	19
Survival analysis by inflammatory biomarkers in severely injured patients undergoing damage control resuscitation	18
MD Anderson’s 10-year experience with regional surgical oncology in the Houston area locations	18
Discussion	18
How to diagnose a grade A anastomotic leakage in rectal cancer surgery	18
The Evolution of Scientific Inquiry	18
Identification of tumor-antigen signatures and immune subtypes for mRNA vaccine selection in muscle-invasive bladder cancer	18
Discussion	18
Letter to the editor regarding “Racial and ethnic disparities in access to total neoadjuvant therapy for rectal cancer”	18
Open versus laparoscopic versus robotic inguinal hernia repair: A propensity-matched outcome analysis	18
Discussion	18
Reply to “Reverse-approach in colorectal cancer liver metastases: patient selection is key.”	18
Critical appraisal of artificial intelligence in robotic surgery	18
Extent of surgery in localized, sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma: Can we avoid central compartment lymph node dissection?	17
Liver resection is associated with good outcomes for hepatocellular carcinoma patients beyond the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer criteria: A multicenter study with the Hiroshima Surgical study group of	17
Does routine postoperative contrast radiography improve outcomes for patients with perforated peptic ulcer? A multicenter retrospective cohort study	17
Optimizing the future liver remnant: Portal vein embolization, hepatic venous deprivation, and associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy	17
Information for readers	17
Reverse-approach in colorectal cancer liver metastases: Patient selection is key	17
National Surgical Quality Improvement Project and acute kidney injury: Getting with the times	17
Adding internal medicine perspectives to the management of postoperative pneumonia	17
Cover 1(with editorial board)	17
Pathological treatment response has different prognostic implications for pancreatic cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy	17
Repeat hepatic resection for recurrent colorectal liver metastases: If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again?	16
Intraoperative bile duct cultures in patients undergoing pancreatic head resection: Prospective comparison of bile duct swab versus bile duct aspiration	16
Discussion	16
International Society for Fluorescence Guided Surgery (ISFGS)	16
Risk assessment of lymph node metastasis in early gastric cancer patients with vagus nerve–preserving gastrectomy: A multiple centers potential analysis in China	16
A trainee's perspective on the current state of diversity, equity, and inclusion	16
A novel tool to predict nodal metastasis in small pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: A multicenter study	16
Discussion	16
Response to the editor: “Perioperative oral care can prevent surgical site infection after colorectal cancer surgery: a multicenter, retrospective study of 1,926 cases analyzed by propensity score mat	16
Response to Letter to Editor	16
Association of psychosocial risk factors on outcomes of patients undergoing emergency general surgery Accepted at Academic Surgical Congress	16
Development and validation of a machine learning–based model for predicting intraoperative blood loss during burn surgery	16
Benign cystic mesothelioma of the liver: A rare hepatic cyst	16
Discussion	16
Discussion	16
Invited commentary on: Variation in the volume-outcome relationship after rectal cancer surgery in the United States: Retrospective study with implications for regionalization	16
Impact of neoadjuvant therapy on short-term outcomes after left pancreatectomy: A propensity score–matched international multicenter study	16
Postoperative hyperlipasemia and pancreatic fistula risk: A critical reappraisal of diagnostic criteria and cohort heterogeneity	16
Carcinoma sequence inferred from increasing age at choledochal cyst excision	16
Authors' reply regarding “Hyperlipasemia in the immediate postoperative period predicts postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreatic resections”	15
Lost in transition: Impact of interhospital transfer on outcomes after emergency general surgery in the older adult population	15
Indocyanine green fluorescent cholangiography in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis of randomized controlled trials	15
Incisional surgical site infections by subcutaneous soaking of wound with aqueous 0.05% chlorhexidine gluconate in gastroenterological surgery: A randomized controlled trial	15
Development and validation of risk stratification tool for prediction of increased dependence using preoperative frailty after hepatopancreatic surgery	15
Gastrointestinal complications requiring operative intervention after cardiovascular surgery: Predictors of in-hospital mortality	15
Response to the comment on our manuscript “Effect of systemic FOLFOXIRI plus bevacizumab treatment of colorectal peritoneal metastasis on local and systemic immune cells”	15
Adrenal imaging features and associated pathologic diagnoses: A contemporary, longitudinal analysis	15
Response to letter to the editor: “Clinicopathologic features and surgery-related outcomes of duodenal adenocarcinoma: A multicenter retrospective study”	15
Intraoperative hemodynamic instability during laparoscopic adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma without preoperative medical preparation compared with nonsecreting tumor	15
Time delay and evidence profiles forming clinical recommendations of US surgical society guidelines	15
Invited Commentary for “Postoperative prophylactic antibiotic therapy after pancreaticoduodenectomy in bile duct–stented patients reduces postoperative major complications”	15
Reply to letter to the editor titled “Recurrence and prognostic predictors in pathologic T1N0 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma treated with surgery alone”	15
Use of a Best Practice Advisory to increase the detection rate of hyperparathyroidism	14
Balanced blood component resuscitation in trauma: Does it matter equally at different transfusion volumes?	14
Factors associated with failure to rescue after major hepatectomy for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma: A 15-year single-center experience	14
Short-term outcomes of robotic versus laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection for rectal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis	14
Association of mental health assessment with postoperative outcomes following major surgery in older individuals	14
Is it possible to predict functional recovery of vocal folds palsy? Role of intraoperative neuromonitoring and laryngostroboscopy findings	14
Pressure-Enabled Drug Delivery (PEDD) of a class C TLR9 agonist in combination with checkpoint inhibitor therapy in a murine pancreatic cancer model	14
On-demand robotics—The best of both worlds for robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery	14
Effect of albumin solutions on endothelial oxidant injury: A microfluidic study	14
Organizational change using a novel, structured plan for justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) in an academic surgical department	14
Classification of intraoperative adverse events in visceral surgery	14

The use of artificial intelligence to detect parathyroid tissue on ex vivo specimens during thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy procedures using near-infrared autofluorescence signals	14
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 in children and adolescents: Clinical features and treatment outcomes	14
Improvement of mood and sleep quality in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism after parathyroidectomy: A prospective case-control study	14
Vascular injury during cholecystectomy: A multicenter critical analysis behind the drama	14
Prophylactic use of incisional negative pressure wound therapy for the prevention of surgical site occurrences in general surgery: Consensus document	14
Global surgical simulation education, current practices, and future directions	14
Preoperative risk stratification of postoperative pancreatic fistula: A risk-tree predictive model for pancreatoduodenectomy	14
How appropriate are answers of online chat-based artificial intelligence (ChatGPT) to common questions on colon cancer?	14
Risk factors, patterns, and outcome predictors of late recurrence in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after curative resection: A large cohort study with long-term follow-up results	14
A national qualitative study of surgical coaching: Opportunities and barriers for colorectal surgeons	13
Advantages of laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized and matched studies	13
Prehospital tourniquet application in extremity vascular trauma: Improved functional outcomes	13
Prediction of the need for surgery in infants with necrotizing enterocolitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis	13
Postoperative day 1 combination of serum C-reactive protein and drain amylase values predicts risks of clinically relevant pancreatic fistula. The “90-1000” score	13
Development of medical devices driven by academia-industry collaboration: An internal audit	13
Fluorescence-guided pancreatic surgery: A scoping review	13
Greater community vulnerability is associated with poor living donor navigator program fidelity	13
Does defect size matter in abdominal wall reconstruction with successful fascial closure?	13
Localized hepatocellular carcinoma: Is liver-directed therapy alone as efficacious as surgical resection?	13
Robot-assisted versus conventional laparoscopic adrenalectomy: Results from the EUROCRINE Surgical Registry	13
What do patients want to know about surgery for low-risk thyroid cancer? A qualitative study	13
Prognostic relevance of lymph node metastasis in pancreaticoduodenectomy for distal cholangiocarcinoma: Rational extent and number-based nodal classification for regional lymphadenectomy	13
Impaired contractile response of human peripheral arterioles to angiotensin II after cardiopulmonary bypass	13
International differences in the selection and outcome of minimally invasive and open distal pancreatectomy: A transatlantic analysis	13
Information for readers	13
Surgery Continues to Evolve	13
Tick-tock: Prehospital intubation is associated with longer field time without any survival benefit	13
Postoperative morbidity after simultaneous versus staged resection of synchronous colorectal liver metastases: Impact of hepatic tumor burden	13
Patient characteristics and procedural and safety outcomes of percutaneous transesophageal gastro-tubing: A nationwide database study in Japan	13
Moving beyond frailty: Obesity paradox persists in lung resection	13
Contents	13
The impact of cirrhosis on short and long postoperative outcomes after distal pancreatectomy	13
Comment on: “Hospitals with decreasing cost-to-charge ratios bill greater surgical charges for similar outcomes”	13
Introducing the SURGERY Peer Review Academies	13
Discussion	12
Recurrence after successful parathyroidectomy—Who should we worry about?	12
Acknowledgments of Peer Reviewers	12
M Health Fairview: An aligned academic health system	12
Discussion	12
Milk fat globule-epidermal growth factor-VIII–derived oligopeptide 3 (MOP3) attenuates inflammation and improves survival in hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury	12
A population-based analysis of primary colonic lymphoma: Patterns of care and outcomes	12
Resigned to history? Exploring the decline of American Board of Surgery core procedures	12
Prospective study of long-term quality-of-life after rib fractures	12
The evolving surgery social network	12
The future of combat trauma anesthesia in an austere environment (CTA in AE)	12
Prognostic value of immune infiltration in colorectal cancer: Development of a histopathology-related immunoscore via multiplexed immunohistochemistry	12
Predictive value of C-reactive protein for postoperative liver-specific surgical site infections	12
Information for readers	12
National trends and outcomes of robotic emergency general surgery in the United States	12
Letter to the editor regarding: “Impact of chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis on the diagnostic and intraoperative management of papillary thyroid cancer”	12
Reply to the Editor regarding “Neoadjuvant chemotherapy improves overall survival in stage III but not in stage II colon cancer: A propensity score–matched analysis of the National Cancer Database”	12
Discussion	12
Spontaneous cholecystocutaneous fistula as the presenting manifestation of IgG4-related disease	12
Comment on: Prognostic importance of circumferential resection margin in the era of evolving surgical and multidisciplinary treatment of rectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis	12
Predictors of return to work after traumatic injury: Associations of employment with long-term patient-reported outcomes	12
Enhancing surgical skills through telesimulation: A multicenter randomized controlled trial on laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair	12
Inequalities in quality metrics for colorectal cancer surgery in older adults: A retrospective cohort study using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program registr	12
Survival outcomes associated with Lynch syndrome colorectal cancer and metachronous rate after subtotal/total versus segmental colectomy: Meta-analysis	12
Trends in infectious complications after partial colectomy for colon cancer over a decade: A national cohort study	12
Discussion	12
Discussion	12
Invited commentary: Machine learning versus logistic regression for the prediction of complications after pancreatoduodenectomy	12
Far from black and white: Role of race, health literacy, and socioeconomic factors in the presentation of acute diverticulitis	12
Harnessing the power of nature in surgery: A systematic scoping review of nature prescribing and measures of benefit	11
The microbiome of the appendix differs in patients with and without appendicitis: A prospective cohort study	11
Factors associated with coronary artery bypass grafting excess readmission ratios	11
Information for authors	11
Communication in your department and beyond	11
Depth of mediastinal extension can predict sternotomy need for substernal thyroid goiters	11
Discussion	11
Implementation of a Device Briefing Tool reduces interruptions in surgery: A nonrandomized controlled pilot trial	11
Role of inflammatory and nutritional markers in predicting complications after pancreaticoduodenectomy	11
Statin therapy and its association with long-term survival after colon cancer surgery	11
Portal vein resection in pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms	11
Multi-institutional review of adverse events associated with irreversible electroporation in the treatment of locally advanced pancreatic cancer	11
Care fragmentation in hepatopancreatic surgery and postoperative outcomes	11
Invited commentary: Selected endocrine surgery billing codes and procedures that should be accepted nationally for institutional billing as standard of care practice	11
Tipping the scale in abdominal wall reconstruction: An analysis of short- and long-term outcomes by body mass index	11
Determinants and barriers to junior faculty well-being at a large quaternary academic medical center: A qualitative survey	11
Discussion	11
Normocalcemic hyperparathyroidism: Intervention to differentiate primary from secondary hyperparathyroidism	11
Cover 1(with editorial board)	11
Performance of trauma-trained large language models on surgical assessment questions: A new approach in resource identification	11
A contemporary analysis of the volume–outcome relationship for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the United States	11
Sac invagination versus sac ligation in open Lichtenstein repair of indirect inguinal hernia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	11
Intraoperative code status: Moving from misinformation to respect for patient autonomy	11
Training in soft tissue resection using real-time visual computer navigation feedback from the Surgery Tutor: A randomized controlled trial	11
Letter to the editor: “Decision points in pancreatoduodenectomy: Insights from the contemporary experts on prevention, mitigation and management of postoperative pancreatic fistula.”	11
Failure to rescue after reoperation for major complications of elective and emergency colorectal surgery: A population-based multicenter cohort study	11
Step cadence as a novel objective postoperative recovery metric in children who undergo laparoscopic appendectomy	11
Contents	11
Beyond research dissemination: The unrealized power of visual abstracts to improve health care delivery	11
Splenic vein tumor thrombosis is a major prognostic factor in distal pancreatic adenocarcinoma	11
The benefit of liver transplant beyond Milan criteria: An analysis using the National Cancer Database	11
Postoperative pulmonary complications with high versus standard FiO2 in adult patients undergoing major abdominal surgery: A noninferiority trial	11