OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International is 4. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Arantius' ligament approach for the laparoscopic left hemihepatectomy	40
Meetings and Courses	38
Liver graft procurement in neurologically deceased donor: Hospital Italiano of Buenos Aires approach	36
Micro-positron emission tomography imaging of angiogenesis based on 18F-RGD for assessing liver metastasis of colorectal cancer	34
Announcement	33
Application of extended criteria donor liver grafts in liver transplantation	30
CK2α causes stemness and chemotherapy resistance in liver cancer through the Hedgehog signaling pathway	29
Clinical-radiomics predictors to identify the suitability of transarterial chemoembolization treatment in intermediate-stage hepatocellular carcinoma: A multicenter study	28
Impact of metabolic disorders on gallstone disease and perioperative recovery after laparoscopic cholecystectomy	27
Hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma with sarcomatous change: Clinicopathological features and outcomes	26
Anatomical features and technical difficulties in laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy with various superior mesenteric artery-first approaches	26
Immunotherapy for hepatobiliary malignancies: Progress and prospective	24
Hypoxic hepatitis in children after cardiac surgery	22
Simultaneous portal and hepatic vein embolization is better than portal embolization or ALPPS for hypertrophy of future liver remnant before major hepatectomy: A systematic review and network meta-ana	20
Prediction of early recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after liver transplantation based on computed tomography radiomics nomogram	19
Microbiological cultures and antimicrobial prophylaxis in patients undergoing total pancreatectomy with islet cell autotransplantation	19
Palmar metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma: An uncommon case report	19
Bronchobiliary fistula in a patient with liver cancer	17
Relevant content	17
ALPPS in the treatment of liver cancer with insufficient future liver remnant	16
Caudate lobe-sparing subtotal hepatectomy as treatment for extensive intrahepatic arterioportal fistula	16
Influence of weight management on the prognosis of steatohepatitis in chronic hepatitis B patients during antiviral treatment	16
Inferior vena cava reconstruction in extended right hepatectomy	16
Undifferentiated carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cells of the pancreas mimicking pancreatic pseudocyst	15
Hepatic, pancreatic and renal manifestations of a ciliopathy	15

Uses of a dedicated 3D reconstruction software with augmented and mixed reality in planning and performing advanced liver surgery and living donor liver transplantation (with videos)	15
Liver transplantation as an alternative for the treatment of neuroendocrine liver metastasis: Appraisal of the current evidence	14
Response to pretransplant downstaging therapy predicts patient outcome after liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombus	14
Meetings and Courses	13
Benign stricture of bilioenteric anastomosis after Whipple with synthetic polypropylene suture	13
Meetings and Courses	12
Comment on “Robotic surgery and liver transplantation: A single-center experience of 501 robotic donor hepatectomies”	12
Hepatic cystic lesions mimicking liver abscess on imaging: A report of two cases	12
Targeting pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: New therapeutic options for the ongoing battle	12
Solid serous cystadenoma of the pancreas: A rare tumor with challenging differential diagnosis	12
Recent advances in promising drugs for primary prevention of gastroesophageal variceal bleeding with cirrhotic portal hypertension	12
Liver transplantation using an otherwise-wasted partial liver resection graft	11
Comparison of biliary protein spectrum in gallstone patients with obesity and those with normal body weight	11
Progress in hepatitis B virus-related acute-on-chronic liver failure treatment in China: A large, multicenter, retrospective cohort study using a propensity score matching analysis	11
Chronic viral hepatitis B complicated by hepatitis E virus infection	11
Magnetic-assisted laparoscopic liver transplantation in swine	11
Combined analysis of imaging tumor capsule with imaging tumor size guides the width of resection margin for solitary hepatocellular carcinoma	11
Topology impacts TRAIL therapy: Differences in primary cancer growth and liver metastasis between orthotopic and subcutaneous xenotransplants of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells	11
Upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to left side portal hypertension after pancreatic surgery	10
AGK2 pre-treatment protects against thioacetamide-induced acute liver failure via regulating the MFN2-PERK axis and ferroptosis signaling pathway	10
Uncoupling protein 2 deficiency of non-cancerous tissues inhibits the progression of pancreatic cancer in mice	10
The terminology of the 2012 Atlanta consensus conference on post-inflammatory collections after acute pancreatitis: An assessment of utilization in practice	10
Needle knife fistulotomy in flat and diverticular papillae: Is it time for redemption?	10
On-table hepatopancreatobiliary surgical consults for difficult cholecystectomies: A 7-year audit	10
Endovascular treatment for early hepatic artery occlusion after liver transplantation: Angioplasty or stent	10
Laparoscopic extended right hepatectomy for posterior and completely caudate massive liver tumor (with videos)	9
NAFLD or MAFLD: That is the conundrum	9
Novel re-intervention device for occluded multiple uncovered self-expandable metal stent (with video)	9
An accidental gallbladder schwannoma misdiagnosis as malignant cancer	9
Clinical analysis of Wernicke encephalopathy after liver transplantation	8
Unilateral versus bilateral Y-type stent-in-stent metal stent insertions in inoperable malignant hilar biliary strictures: A multicenter retrospective study	8
Primary pancreatic lymphoma diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy	8
The immune profiles and “minimizing tacrolimus” strategy for long-term survival recipients after liver transplantation	8
Current and emerging immunotherapeutic approaches for biliary tract cancers	8
Verteporfin synergizes the efficacy of anti-PD-1 in cholangiocarcinoma	8
Successful treatment of complete traumatic transection of the suprahepatic inferior vena cava with veno-venous and cardiopulmonary bypass with hypothermic circulatory arrest	8
Reply to: Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: A cost-effective alternative for low-resource settings	8
Intestinal microecology: A crucial strategy for targeted therapy of liver diseases	8
Involvement of the circular RNA/microRNA/glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase axis in the pathological mechanism of hepatocellular carcinoma	8
Impact of cirrhosis-related complications on posttransplant survival in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure	8
Pure laparoscopic full-size liver transplantation in adult	7
Reply to “Wnt/beta-catenin signaling inhibitors and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Potential therapeutic implications”	7
ANA-HEp2 pattern evaluation in pancreatic cancer: What can the autoantibodies tell us?	7
Strategies for improving the efficacy of immunotherapy in hepatocellular carcinoma	7
Surgical site infection following pancreaticoduodenectomy in a referral cancer center in Mexico	7
Mechanisms of liver injuries caused by traditional Chinese medicines	7
Cryptococcosis in patients with liver cirrhosis: Death risk factors and predictive value of prognostic models	7
Validity of fatty liver prediction scores for diagnosis of fatty liver by Fibroscan	7
A robust genomic-based prognostic model for the assessment of cancer stemness and survival for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma	7
Middle hepatic vein variation provides a safe path for anterior transection of hepatocellular carcinoma in caudate lobe	7

Pathogen detection in patients with perihilar cholangiocarcinoma: Implications for targeted perioperative antibiotic therapy	7
Development and validation of machine learning models for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease	7
A novel nomogram to predict the recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after liver transplantation using extended selection criteria	7
Overexpression of anillin is related to poor prognosis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma	7
Efficacy and safety of conversion of percutaneous cholecystostomy to endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder stenting in high-risk surgical patients	7
The gut microbiome and intestinal failure-associated liver disease	7
Quantitative dual-energy computed tomography texture analysis predicts the response of primary small hepatocellular carcinoma to radiofrequency ablation	7
Inadvertent perioperative hypothermia and surgical site infections after liver resection	6
Diagnostic value and immune infiltration characterization of WTAP as a critical m6A regulator in liver transplantation	6
“Parenchyma transection-first” strategy is superior to “tunnel-first” strategy in robotic spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy with conservation of splenic vessels	6
Relevant Content	6
Announcement	6
Robotic pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: Analysis of surgical outcomes and long-term prognosis in a high-volume center	6
Chinese expert consensus on quantitatively monitoring and assessing immune cell function status and its clinical application (2024 edition)	6
Post-hepatectomy liver failure: A timeline centered review	6
Cisplatin induces acute liver injury by triggering caspase-3/GSDME-mediated cell pyroptosis	6
Narrative medicine principles and organ donation communications	6
Successful adult-to-pediatric liver transplantation of discarded partial liver allograft with benign caudate lobe tumor	6
Pre-MASLD: Should it be defined separately?	6
Management of hepatocellular carcinoma patients with portal vein tumor thrombosis: A narrative review	6
Split liver transplantation with complicated portal vein variations in graft	6
Gut microbiome and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease	6
Advances and current research status of early diagnosis for gallbladder cancer	6
Prevotella copri-produced 5-aminopentanoic acid promotes pediatric metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease	6
Development of preoperative prognostic models including radiological features for survival of singular nodular HCC patients	6
Long-term survival after pancreaticoduodenectomy in patients with ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head	6
Microbiota-related metabolites correlated with the severity of COVID-19 patients	6
Thanks	6
Laparoscopic enucleation for pancreatic lipomatous hamartoma	5
Laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy: From “standard” to “extended”	5
Novel 3D preclinical model systems with primary human liver cells: Recent progresses, applications and future prospects	5
Hepatopancreatoduodenectomy for the treatment of extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma	5
Local recurrence rate as quality indicator in surgery for pancreatic cancer?	5
Meetings and Courses	5
Oncogenic Wnt3a is a promising sensitive biomarker for monitoring hepatocarcinogenesis	5
Fisetin mitigates hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury by regulating GSK3β/AMPK/NLRP3 inflammasome pathway	5
Meetings and Courses	5
Fat necrosis of liver in a patient with mixed type liver cirrhosis	5
Portal vein embolization combined with ex vivo liver resection and autotransplantation: A novel treatment strategy for end-stage and metastatic hepatic alveolar echinococcosis	5
Sequential living donor liver transplantation after liver resection optimizes outcomes for patients with high-risk hepatocellular carcinoma	5
Prolongated and large dose of r-ATG relieves PD-L1 inhibitor-induced allograft rejection in liver transplant recipient	4
Key factors and potential drug combinations of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: Bioinformatic analysis and experimental validation-based study	4
Acetylsalicylic acid for metal stent in malignant distal common bile duct obstruction: A randomized controlled trial	4
Obesity is an important determinant of severity in newly defined metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease	4
The role of liver sinusoidal endothelial cells in liver remodeling after injury	4
Ultrasound-guided percutaneous transhepatic one-step biliary fistulation for biliary stricture after living donor liver transplantation	4
Research progress of lncRNA and miRNA in hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury	4
Monosegmental ALPPS combined with ante-situm liver resection: A novel strategy for end-stage hepatic alveolar echinococcosis	4
Prevalence and prognosis of acute pancreatitis in critically ill patients with COVID-19	4
Meetings and Courses	4
A stable and reliable animal model for hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombus	4
High nuclear ABCG1 expression is a poor predictor for hepatocellular carcinoma patient survival	4
In vitro-derived insulin-producing cells modulate Th1 immune responses and induce IL-10 in streptozotocin-induced mouse model of pancreatic insulitis	4
The growth rate of hepatocellular carcinoma is different with different TNM stages at diagnosis	4
Predictive value of postoperative serum lipase level for postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreaticoduodenectomy	4
Meetings and Courses	4
Indications of pro-inflammatory cytokines in laparoscopic and open liver resection for early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma	4
A rare case of IgG4-related pancreatitis diagnosed preoperatively by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration	4
Application of ultrasonography-elastography score to suspect porto-sinusoidal vascular disease in patients with portal vein thrombosis	4
Prediction of Clostridium difficile infection based on gut microbial traits in patients with Clostridium difficile colonization	4
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography management for choledochocele in a young female	4
Nrf2 and Her3 co-expression in cholangiocarcinoma: Possible biological pathways for potential therapeutic approach	4
Complete resection of the gastric antrum decreased incidence and severity of delayed gastric emptying after pancreaticoduodenectomy	4
Validation and performance of three scoring systems for predicting primary non-function and early allograft failure after liver transplantation	4
Meetings and Courses	4
Outcomes of Pringle maneuver in patients undergoing hepatic resection for colorectal liver metastases	4
Left-sided gallbladder: A rare biliary tree anomaly	4