OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BJS Open is 26. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Post-thyroid surgery adhesion prevention using oxidized regenerated cellulose and hyaluronic acid: prospective, single-blinded, randomized study	108
Ultra-early initiation of postoperative rehabilitation in the post-anaesthesia care unit after major thoracic surgery: case–control study	58
Tumour origin, diagnostic accuracy and histopathological evaluation in patients with periampullary cancer: nationwide cohort study	57
Surgeons’ choice for rectal cancer treatment if they were a patient	57
Effect of transversus abdominis plane blocks in abdominoplasties on postoperative outcomes	49
Comment on: Population preference for treatment of uncomplicated appendicitis	44
The PERCEIVE quantitative study: PrEdiction of Risk and Communication of outcome following major lower-limb amputation: protocol for a collaboratiVE study	43
Prophylactic mesh augmentation after laparotomy for elective and emergency surgery: meta-analysis	39
Establishment and external validation of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in excluding postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreatoduodenectomy	38
Colonic resection and stoma formation due to chronic diverticular disease: nationwide population-based cohort study	37
Digital technology in informed consent for surgery: systematic review	35
Perioperative characteristics and short-term morbidity after surgery for renal hyperparathyroidism: multicentre EUROCRINE® registry study	35
Fluorescence-guided surgery: comprehensive review	33
Association of hypothyroidism with survival in pancreatic cancer: retrospective cohort study	32
Effect of radiotherapy on long-term quality of life in recurrence-free rectal cancer survivors (LaTE study): nationwide inverse probability of treatment-weighted registry-based cohort study and survey	31
Organ-specific malperfusion in acute type A aortic dissection: epidemiological meta-analysis of incidence rates	30
Hospital stay after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery	29
Risk for arterial thrombosis after liver transplantation with hepatic artery reconstruction	29
Economic cost-utility analysis of stage-directed oesophageal cancer treatment	28
Impact of perioperative α1-antagonists on postoperative urinary retention in orthopaedic surgery: meta-analysis	28
Rate of stoma formation following damage-control surgery for severe intra-abdominal sepsis: a single-centre consecutive case series	28
Population-based nationwide incidence of complications after gastrectomy for gastric adenocarcinoma in Finland	28
Erratum to: Quality of reporting of robot-assisted cholecystectomy in relation to the IDEAL recommendations: systematic review	27
Effects of the superior mesenteric artery approach versus the no-touch approach during pancreatoduodenectomy on the mobilization of circulating tumour cells and clusters in pancreatic cancer (C	27
Renal failure as a complication of defunctioning ileostomy: more complexity to a complex decision-making process	26

Correction: Surgical treatment of hilar cholangiocarcinoma: retrospective analysis