OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BJS Open is 27. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Safe and transparent introduction and evaluation of targeted axillary dissection in patients with node-positive breast cancer undergoing primary surgery: international consensus process	149
Surgeons’ choice for rectal cancer treatment if they were a patient	75
Effect of transversus abdominis plane blocks in abdominoplasties on postoperative outcomes	69
Comment on: Population preference for treatment of uncomplicated appendicitis	54
Perioperative characteristics and short-term morbidity after surgery for renal hyperparathyroidism: multicentre EUROCRINE® registry study	48
Colonic resection and stoma formation due to chronic diverticular disease: nationwide population-based cohort study	48
Establishment and external validation of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in excluding postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreatoduodenectomy	46
Post-thyroid surgery adhesion prevention using oxidized regenerated cellulose and hyaluronic acid: prospective, single-blinded, randomized study	46
Watch-and-wait approach in high-risk locally advanced rectal cancer: outcomes after complete response to total neoadjuvant therapy	44
Tumour origin, diagnostic accuracy and histopathological evaluation in patients with periampullary cancer: nationwide cohort study	44
Prophylactic mesh augmentation after laparotomy for elective and emergency surgery: meta-analysis	39
Ultra-early initiation of postoperative rehabilitation in the post-anaesthesia care unit after major thoracic surgery: case–control study	37
Fluorescence-guided surgery: comprehensive review	37
Digital technology in informed consent for surgery: systematic review	37
Economic cost-utility analysis of stage-directed oesophageal cancer treatment	35
Correction: Surgical treatment of hilar cholangiocarcinoma: retrospective analysis	33
Renal failure as a complication of defunctioning ileostomy: more complexity to a complex decision-making process	33
Hospital stay after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery	32
Impact of perioperative α1-antagonists on postoperative urinary retention in orthopaedic surgery: meta-analysis	31
Modified artery-first approach for distal pancreatectomy with celiac axis resection	31
Association of anaemia, co-morbidities and red blood cell transfusion according to age groups: multicentre sub-analysis of the German Patient Blood Management Network Registry	30
Erratum to: Quality of reporting of robot-assisted cholecystectomy in relation to the IDEAL recommendations: systematic review	30
Oncological impact of unexpected horizontal tumour spread in oesophagogastric junction cancer	30
Risk for arterial thrombosis after liver transplantation with hepatic artery reconstruction	30
Population-based nationwide incidence of complications after gastrectomy for gastric adenocarcinoma in Finland	29

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	29
Association of hypothyroidism with survival in pancreatic cancer: retrospective cohort study	28
Definitive chemoradiotherapy versus neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by radical surgery for locally advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma: meta-analysis	27
Artificial intelligence model for perigastric blood vessel recognition during laparoscopic radical gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy in locally advanced gastric cancer	27