Updates in Surgery

Papers
(The H4-Index of Updates in Surgery is 19. 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.)
ArticleCitations
Long-term outcomes of sleeve gastrectomy in a patient group with mainly high BMI: a single-center study55
Outcome prediction after emergency cholecystectomy: performance evaluation of the ACS-NSQIP surgical risk calculator and the 5-item modified frailty index49
Sportsman’s Hernia repair using Nesovic procedure, a 13-year single-center experience37
Liver transplantation: Do not abandon T-tube drainage—a multicentric retrospective study of the ARCHET research group34
Full-robotic liver resection of segment V–Vi using the harmonic ace curved shears and the hanging technique: an easy way to do it34
Intrahepatic ductoplasty effectively corrects the ductal dilatation in Todani type IV-A choledochal cyst in children30
A cross-sectional study to evaluate responses generated by two AI software programs for common patient queries about laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernia28
Esophagectomy in patients with liver cirrhosis: systematic review and meta-analysis of short-term outcomes27
Combination of grade and spread through air spaces (STAS) predicts recurrence in early stage lung adenocarcinoma: a retrospective cohort study26
Pancreatic cancer and long survivors: a survey of Italian society of oncological surgery (SICO)25
Does indocyanine green fluorescence angiography reduce the risk of anastomotic leaks in colorectal resections? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials25
Minimally invasive robotic-assisted combined colorectal and liver excision surgery: feasibility, safety and surgical technique in a pilot series23
Reducing the positive margins rate for anal melanoma in the modern era: a national propensity score matched study23
Retrospective matched case–control comparison of Totally Robotic Sleeve Gastrectomy (RSG) during the learning curve with Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy (LSG): why is operative time different?21
Investigation of the optimal indocyanine green dose in real-time fluorescent cholangiography during laparoscopic cholecystectomy with an ultra-high-definition 4K fluorescent system: a randomized contr21
Extended procedure has no oncological benefits over segmental resection in the treatment of non-metastatic splenic flexure colon cancer, a population-based cohort study and a single center’s decade-lo20
Tension-free thyroidectomy (TFT): initial report20
Blockchain in surgery: are we ready for the digital revolution?19
Early recurrence after complete mesocolic excision for right-sided colon cancer with D3 lymphadenectomy: pattern, risk factors, prognostic impact, and individualized follow-up19
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Long-term durability and temporal pattern of revisional surgery of laparoscopic large hiatal hernia repair19
Prevention and treatment of a positive proximal margin after gastrectomy for cardia cancer19
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