OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers in Surgery is 31. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial: Surgical skills and continuing medical education in neurosurgery: past, present and future	277
Efficacy and safety of two tip flexible suctioning ureteral access sheaths combined with a 7.5Fr flexible ureteroscope: a retrospective study	105
Case report: Unruptured small middle cerebral artery aneurysm with perianeurysmal edema	80
Abdominal type B vs. type C radical hysterectomy in early-stage cervical cancer: A matched single center cohort report	72
Case report and review: Angiosarcoma with thrombocytopenia after total hip arthroplasty	68
Competitive risk analysis of the therapeutic value of liver transplantation for liver cancer in children: A population-based study	67
Case report: Use of laparoscopic electrocoagulation rods in endovenous thermal ablation of saphenous trunks in the treatment of varicose veins of the lower extremities	57
Five-Year results of a multi-specialty induction course for surgical training	52
Editorial: Aspiring for onco-functional utopia via radiosurgery	50
Case report: Total arch replacement with a frozen elephant trunk utilizing open hybrid in-situ fenestration technique for thoracic aortic arch aneurysm	49
A nomogram for predicting cancer-specific survival and overall survival in elderly patients with nonmetastatic renal cell carcinoma	46
Editorial: Hernia related anatomy in abdominal wall surgery: Applied research in hernia repair	46
Beyond the gut: spectrum of magnetic surgery devices	44
Editorial: Veins in the brain	40
Posterior ankle arthroscopic treatment of a talar chondroblastoma with allograft and a platelet-rich plasma-fibrin glue: A case report and literature review	39
Case Report: Renal embolism and acute lower extremity arterial embolism complicated by acute compartment syndrome caused by the detachment of the main body of cardiac myxoma in a child	37
In meeting the increasing demands for total knee arthroplasty, can we achieve high levels of quality care in a small community hospital? A mixed-methods study	35
Psychological outcomes and health-related quality of life changes in Chinese patients with moyamoya disease after revascularization	35
Analysis of influencing factors on postoperative complications of closed approach autologous granular rib cartilage rhinoplasty and construction and verification of nomogram	35
Case report: Hepatic epithelioid angiomyolipoma with elevated alpha-fetoprotein and a history of breast cancer	35
Multiple myeloma presenting as a cervical intraforaminal tumor: A case report and review of literature	33
Editorial: Hip arthroscopy: Pathologies, surgical techniques and complications	33
No obvious advantage of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy after interval debulking surgery in the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer: A retrospective study	33
The feasibility of robotic navigation in single position oblique lateral spine surgery. A technical note and a retrospective study	33
Choice of injection time of conscious sedation and its impact on pain control in colonoscopy	33

Corrigendum: Study of quality of life and its correlated factors in patients after lumbar fusion for lumbar degenerative disc disease	32
Development and validation of a nomogram for predicting the risk of postoperative fracture blister after pilon fracture	32
Development and external validation of a prognosis model to predict outcomes after curative resection of early-stage intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma	31
Excess risk and resource utilization in dialysis-dependent patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty: insights from a nationally representative database	31
Nephron sparing surgery for a patient with a complicated solitary functioning kidney and a giant pT3 renal cell carcinoma: A case report	31
Identifying risk and prognostic factors for synchronous liver metastasis in small bowel adenocarcinoma: a predictive analysis using the SEER database	31