American Journal of Surgery

Article	Citations
Surgeon experience increases nerve identification during Lichtenstein hernia repair: a nationwide register-based study	94
Angling for improvement: The search for novel biomarkers in periampullary adenocarcinoma	83
We have earned our place	62
Close surveillance imaging is unnecessary for patients with grade I blunt thoracic aortic injury	61
Women in surgical innovation (part II): Getting to know yourself, your customer, and your product	58
Rapid cold sterilization of 3D printed surgical instruments for the austere environment	45
External validation of four Pancreatic Fistula Risk Score models in the Deep South US: Do racial disparities affect pancreatic fistula prediction?	43
Impact of an automated peri-procedural digital health intervention on rates of emergency department visits and readmissions	41
Narrowing the global surgical perspective: The big city bias	40
Cricopharyngomyotomy: Outcomes of flexible endoscopic management of small and medium sized Zenker's diverticulum	40
Can robotic surgery contribute to surgeon wellness?	37
Early pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis after splenectomy is associated with better outcomes: A matched cohort study	36
Prehospital ETCO2 is predictive of death in intubated and non-intubated patients	35
The efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy is different for type 4 and large type 3 gastric cancer	33
Hartmann's reversal is associated with worse outcomes compared to elective left colectomy: A NSQIP analysis of 36,794 cases	33
Implications of declining medicare reimbursement of hernia repair for surgeons and patients	33
Clinical utility of the quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score in predicting life-threatening traumatic hemorrhage: An observational study	32
Timing and necessity of staging imaging in clinical stage II cutaneous melanoma: Cost-effectiveness and clinical decision analysis	31
A of analytics and B of big data in healthcare research: Telling the tale of health outcomes research from the eyes of data	30
A matched cohort comparison of endoscopic resection, chemoradiation and esophagectomy in the treatment of early-stage esophageal squamous cell carcinoma	30
Advanced age alone should not preclude surveillance colonoscopy in the octogenarian and older population	29
Impact of an automated peri-procedural digital health intervention on rates of emergency department visits and readmissions	29
Editorial Board	29
Work relative value units undervalue the clinical effort associated with teaching cases: An ACS-NSQIP analysis	29
The impact of COVID-19 on first-year medical education – Insights and lessons learned from students pursuing careers in surgery	28

Disparate resource allocation during the COVID-19 pandemic among trauma centers: A Western Trauma Association national survey	28
Influence of endocrine multidisciplinary tumor board on patient management and treatment decision making	27
Effect of antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy on bleeding complications following ventral hernia repair: An ACHQC analysis	27
Nerve monitoring decreases recurrent laryngeal nerve injury risk for neoplasm-related thyroidectomy	27
The impact of Area Deprivation Index (ADI) in abdominal wall reconstruction (AWR)	27
Surgical equity: Care for persons experiencing homelessness	26
Locally advanced pancreatic cancer: Is surgical palliation associated with improved clinical outcome relative to medical palliation?	26
Comparative balanced salt solution and 6 ​% hydroxyethyl starch in goal-directed therapy for major abdominal surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis	25
Risk factors for opioid use disorder after severe burns in adults	25
The crisis of global health tourism: Review of the current status of global health in undergraduate medical education	25
Invited commentary: How important is a resident's schedule?	24
Mentoring diverse students: Opening opportunities via virtual platforms	23
Revisiting femoral hernia diagnosis rates by patient sex in inguinal hernia repairs	23
Evaluating the risk of spinal cord ischemia in zone 2 frozen elephant trunk replacement	23
Distressed community index as a predictor of presentation and postoperative outcomes in ventral hernia repair	23
Hands-on training for preoperative skin preparation improves compliance with manufacturer instructions for use	23
Finding my people: Effects of student identity and vulnerability to Stereotype Threat on sense of belonging in surgery	23
Utilizing triage rates to improve ICU admission guidelines of elderly rib fracture patients	22
A prospective study comparing the midline and lateral trans-laryngeal ultrasonography approaches in vocal cord assessment before and after thyroid and neck surgeries	22
Gamification to enhance clinical and technical skills in surgical residency: A systematic review	22
Current trends in surgical society membership: What does the future hold?	21
Primary tumor surgery in patients with de novo stage IV breast cancer: Is there an optimal subgroup for locoregional therapy?	21
“So, what are you saying?”: A qualitative study of surgeon-patient communication in the rectal cancer consultations	21
Geospatial analysis of firearm injuries in an urban setting: Individual rather than community characteristics affect firearm injury risk	21
Racial disparities in time to laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis	21
Deriving a definition of chronic critical illness: ICU stay of 10 days	21
Don't forget your meds	21
Early identification of surgery residents at-risk for attrition, remediation, and board exam failure	20
Gender-based disparities in burn injuries, care and outcomes: A World Health Organization (WHO) Global Burn Registry cohort study	20
Survival following liver transplantation: A population-based nested case-control study	20
Integrated psychosocial, sleep, and nutritional support improves postoperative recovery, immune modulation, and survival after curative resection for low rectal cancer: A randomized controlled trial	20
First-generation physicians: The pursuit of academic surgery	20
“Sucking the trouble” out of troubleshooting wound vacs: Video based curriculum development and implementation in a live tissue model	20
No such thing as a good war	19
Single-use negative pressure wound therapy versus conventional dressings for the reduction of surgical site infections in closed surgical incisions: Systematic literature review and meta-analysis	19
Fragility index for extended prophylaxis following abdominopelvic surgery: A methodological survey	19
Blood transfusion in cardiac surgeries – Toward a personalized protocol	19
Telling my aunt she was dying	19
Introduction to papers presented at the festschrift of Janice L. Pasieka	18
Longitudinal experience of patients with post-thyroidectomy vocal cord paralysis	18
Letter to editor in response to article entitled “Earlier liposomal bupivacaine blocks improve analgesia and decrease opioid requirements for bariatric surgery patients”	18
Long road ahead for diversity efforts in surgery	18
Regional mock oral board exercises for chief residents in general surgery	18
Seeing green: Lighting up the ureters in minimally invasive colorectal surgery	18
Is your face worth it? The cost of transfer for isolated facial fractures: A commentary on “Isolated facial fractures transferred for higher level of care”	18
Addressing the impact of family planning on medical students’ perception of entering surgical residency	17
Loss of independence after pancreatic surgery	17
Rectus to defect ratio for estimating the complexity of ventral hernia repair: Is it reliable for robotic surgery?	17
Is winning the only thing? – Examining the “win ratio” concept in synchronous colorectal liver metastasis	17
Controller size matters: User proficiency is affected by endoscopic controller size	17

New alternative colorectal anastomotic devices: A systematic review and meta-analysis	17
Association between surgeon age and surgical complications: A systematic review and meta-analysis	17
Postoperative plasma presepsin as a biomarker of postoperative infectious complications in different surgical departments: A meta-analysis and systematic review	17
Invited commentary: Rethinking equity for underrepresented in medicine and gender minority applicants in the evolving surgical residency match	17
Performance of risk prediction models for post-operative mortality in patients undergoing liver resection	17
What constitutes a successful retirement? Invited commentary on: Anteby and coauthors, passing the scalpel: Lessons on retirement planning from retired academic surgeons	17
Building upon the train-the-trainer model to advance surgical capacity in low- and middle-income countries	17
Impact of sleep disturbances due to low anterior resection syndrome on the quality of life of patients with rectal cancer	16
The criticality of reasonable accommodations: A scoping review revealing gaps in care for patients with blindness and low vision	16
“Blunt adrenal injury does not affect outcomes in the pediatric population with isolated abdominal injury- a National Trauma Data Bank Review®.”	16
Association of Medicaid expansion of the Affordable Care Act with operations for benign endocrine surgical disease	16
Colon injuries in the presence of complete spinal cord injury: Primary repair or colostomy?	16
Analysis of CT-based pancreatic volumetrics and postoperative endocrine and exocrine dysfunction: A retrospective cohort study	16
Fraudulent feelings: Imposter syndrome in surgery	16
Hazards of surgical smoke from electrocautery: A critical review of the data	16
The global pandemic's second deadly hit: cancer care	16
Editorial Board	16
Breast cancer treatment delay and the Hispanic paradox: A SEER database analysis	16
Factors associated with stoma closure after cytoreductive surgery	16
Cardiovascular disease risk scores in patients with optimal vs suboptimal weight loss after bariatric surgery: Translating improvements into clinical practice	16
Advancements in neurosurgical techniques for managing sports-related traumatic brain injuries	16
Parathyroid hormone guided protocols for hypocalcemia management after thyroidectomy: A systematic review	15
Bridging the gender gap: Female representation in urology residency and fellowship matches	15
Falls among older adults: An exploration of trends, clinical outcomes, predisposing risk factors, and intervention strategies	15
Prevalence and risk factors for acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder after burn injury	15
The role of telemedicine in building trust: An evolution of the patient-surgeon relationship	15
Primary Hyperparathyroidism and the PAS Score	15
The association of hernia-specific and procedural risk factors with early complications in ventral hernia repair: ACHQC analysis	15
Development of a novel tool to predict pulmonary complications in trauma patients with and without chest injury	15
Comparison between non-surgical and surgical management of rib fractures in major trauma patients without brain injuries	15
Impact of neighborhood characteristics on textbook outcome following major surgery	15
Two Hands	15
Use of post-discharge opioid consumption patterns as a tool for evaluating opioid prescribing guidelines	15
Anti-mucin 4 fluorescent antibody brightly targets colon cancer in patient-derived orthotopic xenograft mouse models: A proof-of-concept study for future clinical applications	15
Are women residents of surgical specialties at a higher risk of developing imposter syndrome?	14
Gender and racial diversity in leadership roles within academic surgery internationally: a retrospective cross-sectional study pre-COVID-19	14
Clinical observation of super tension-relieving suture for wound repair following resection of benign skin tumors in pediatric patients	14
Who's keeping score? Risk assessment models should be built for the clinicians using them	14
Socioeconomic disparities and bariatric surgery outcomes: A qualitative analysis	14
Marijuana and thromboembolic events in geriatric trauma patients: The cannabinoids clots correlation!	14
Re-operation following urgent and emergent colectomies: An investigation of indications and utility as a quality indicator	14
Extra-abdominal CT imaging indicates increased severity of illness in advanced age patients requiring emergency abdominal surgery	14
Time to surgery: A health equity metric in breast cancer patients	14
What matters most? Understanding patient preferences in breast cancer treatment: A systematic review of discrete choice experiments	14
Mediators of racial disparities in postoperative outcomes among patients undergoing complex surgery	14
Patterns of gastric cancer metastasis in the United States	14
A fast tract to foregut surgery: Pandemic-driven protocol development	13
Prospective, international analysis of quality of life outcomes in recurrent versus primary ventral hernia repairs	13
Editorial Board	13
Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) prior to interfacility transfer: Who might benefit in a statewide trauma system?	13
Editorial Board	13
Day-case loop ileostomy reversal based on the community hospital joined enhanced recovery after surgery (CHJ-ERAS) program in China: Safe and feasible	13
Invited commentary on “How well do we understand our patients’ perioperative experience? A qualitative analysis of themes derived from patient-centric resident conferences”	13
From the Editor – in – Chief: Top papers from the Midwest Surgical Association	13
Not all traumatic brain injury patients on preinjury anticoagulation are the same	13
Surgical Skills Coaches: Preparing for a peer-assisted learning model to train medical students in surgical skills	13
The in-vitro influence of urea concentration on thromboelastrography in patients with and without end stage renal disease	13
Predictors of lymph node metastases in patients with malignant adenomatous polyps of the colon	13
Implications of routine cholangiography during laparoscopic cholecystectomy on postoperative testing: Review of more than 2,300 cases in a community-based practice	13
Association of traumatic brain injury with management and outcomes of patients with blunt thoracic aortic injury	13
Same day discharge in colorectal surgery: Who requires unplanned overnight monitoring?	13
Family planning impact on medical students’ surgery interest and current policies in the United States: A scoping review	12
The “Broken rung” in transplantation surgery	12
Our surgical practice with the Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons (PAACS)	12
Scalpels in shadow: The lost history of France's female surgeons	12
Emergency medicine (EM) can safely manage geriatric trauma patients sustaining ground level falls: Fostering EM autonomy while safely offloading a busy trauma service	12
Revisional Roux-en-Y gastric bypass after gastric banding leads to sustainable and significant additional weight loss regardless of Roux limb length	12
Role of preoperative CT imaging in penetrating thoraco-abdominal injuries: A multicenter study of urban trauma centers	12
Disparities in the treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism: A scoping review and conceptual model	12
Comparison of emergency general surgery at a tertiary and community hospital: One surgeon's perspective	12
Sublobar or lobar resection in early-stage peripheral non-small cell lung cancer less than 2cm: A meta-analysis for randomized controlled trials	12
The effects of mindfulness-focused mental performance coaching on a general surgery residency program	12
Improving shared decision making in virtual breast cancer surgery consultations	12
One and done? Repair of recurrent hernias after prior Myofascial release	12
Are we measuring what matters most? ACP completion among patients undergoing gastrostomy tube placement	12
Surgeon as teacher Scott Warner Woods Memorial Lecture Midwest Surgical Association Mackinac Island, Michigan	12
Examining the false-negative rate of a negative axillary node ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy in breast cancer patients undergoing upfront surgery	12
Quality and utilization of surgical care among Medicare Advantage beneficiaries	12
Development models to predict complication and prognosis following liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with clinically significant portal hypertension	12
A new era of surgical intelligence: Analyzing disruption in general surgery from 2015 to 2021	11

Pan scan for geriatric trauma patients: Overkill or necessary?	11
Utilization of telemedicine to provide post-discharge care: A comparison of pre-pandemic vs. pandemic care	11
Best surgical approach for splenic flexure colon cancers: Extended versus segmental resection?	11
“Emotional intelligence in surgery: Critical skills for modern surgeons and trainees”	11
The accidental storm surfer	11
Gender disparities among leadership in academic surgical publishing over the past decade	11
Academic surgery after the overturning of Roe vs. Wade	11
Integrating artificial intelligence into scientific writing: a narrative review for clinical and surgical researchers	11
Transition from trainee to educator in the operating room: A needs assessment and framework to support junior faculty	11
Navigating the changing landscape of transplant research: Trends, topics, and gender disparities	11
Survey shows all surgical residents have exposure to robotic surgery yet no formalized curricula exist amongst programs: A Southwest Surgical Congress Survey	11
Neighborhood deprivation and Medicare expenditures for common surgical procedures	11
Ventral hernia repair with concurrent intra-abdominal surgery: Results from an eleven-year population-based cohort in Sweden	11
Social vulnerability index (SVI) and poor postoperative outcomes in children undergoing surgery in California	11
How well do faculty do in providing general surgery EPA feedback?	11
High-risk liver patients are not associated with adverse events following pancreaticoduodenectomy	11
Grading severity of MVI impacts long-term outcomes after laparoscopic liver resection for early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma: A multicenter study	11
Trends in axillary staging for breast cancer in the elderly: Outcomes of choosing wisely at a high-usage institution	11
Postoperative outcomes in super- and super-super obese patients undergoing emergency abdominal surgery	11
Surgical training simulation modalities in minimally invasive surgery: How to achieve evidence-based curricula by translational research	11
The benefit of sentinel lymph node biopsy in elderly patients with melanoma	10
Elective inguinal hernia repair: Is increased resident autonomy associated with early postoperative clinical outcome?	10
To infinity and beyond: A historical bibliometric analysis of medullary thyroid carcinoma	10
Trainee-initiated dictations of endocrine surgeries: Implications for education and reimbursement	10
False reassurances: Mortality risks in penetrating trauma patients with verbal GCS ≥3	10
Variation in commercial prices for thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy at US hospitals	10
The power of partnership: Exploring collaboration dynamics in U.S. transplant research	10
Facilitating use of same-day discharge after appendectomy in children: Implementation of an evidence-based post-operative pathway	10
Informing therapeutic lymphadenectomy: Location of regional metastatic lymph nodes in adrenocortical carcinoma	10
EGS plus: Predicting futility in LVAD patients with emergency surgical disease	10
Table of Contents (4 pgs)	10
Outcomes for audio-only and video-based preoperative encounters for abdominal wall reconstruction and hernia consultations	10
Utilizing risk-stratified pathways to personalize post-hepatectomy discharge planning: A contemporary analysis of 1,354 patients	10
From the Editor – in – Chief: Top papers from the Southwestern Surgical Congress	10
Surgery clerkships & general surgery careers: A systematic review	10
From the Editor – in – Chief: Featured papers in the special diversity, equity, and inclusion issue	10
Examining disparities in management and outcomes among unhoused patients with traumatic brain injury	10
Assessment of psychological debriefing models’ components & effective implementation, and its impact on healthcare professionals stress management skills, mental wellbeing, and clinical performanc	10
WITHDRAWN: To stand in another's shoes	10
Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes in primary melanoma are associated with a better prognosis	10
Editorial Board	10
From mentorship to developing a novel surgical technique: The journey of an African-American female surgeon	10
Evaluation of free mobile health applications for pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence	10
From the Editor-in-Chief: Top papers from the Midwest Surgical Association	10
How to determine the end points of leg fasciotomy	10
The optimal management of blunt aortic injury in the young	10
Impact of COVID on surgical case volume at military treatment facilities with surgical residencies	10
Effect of Medicaid expansion on inflammatory bowel disease and healthcare utilization	10
Earlier liposomal bupivacaine blocks improve analgesia and decrease opioid requirements for bariatric surgery patients	10
Impact of breast density on re-excision and recurrence of breast cancer following breast conserving surgery	10
Music in the operating room: There is more than meets the ears!	10
From past to present: A comparison of interpersonal firearm violence between historically graded neighborhoods of Kansas City	10
A standardized carotid endarterectomy care pathway is associated with lower ICU admission rates and a significant reduction in hospital charges	10
Editorial Board	10
Can less Be more in the treatment of cN1a papillary thyroid microcarcinoma?	10
Perspectives on navigating the use of artificial intelligence by patients for their surgical care management	10
Patient values in breast cancer surgical decision-making - The WhySurg study	10
Making leadership a priority in surgical residency	10
Disparities in outpatient rural cholecystectomy outcomes	10
Modification of splenorenal shunt using adrenal vein as a Conduit: Proximal spleno-adrenorenal shunt	10
Survival disparities in rural versus urban patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor: A multi-institutional study from the US neuroendocrine tumor study group	10
Letter to editor in response to article entitled: “Visual teaching aids improve understanding and reduce anxiety prior to a colectomy”	10
Reproductive planning and infertility: Training the next generation of surgeons	9
This path, too, is ours	9
One step ahead: Finding mentors at all stages of a surgical career	9
Artificial intelligence and the education of future surgeons	9
Variations in lumbar spinal surgery insurance coverage for degenerative spinal disease	9
Table of Contents (3 pgs)	9
One size does not fit all: Commentary on “Clinician perspectives on the perioperative roles and responsibilities of anesthesia, surgery, and primary care”	9
Communication in the operating room – No longer cold and sterile	9
Closing the educational gap in surgery: Teaching team communication and conflict management	9
Unmasking gender disparities in industry payments to U.S. surgeons: Royalty and consulting fees across surgical subspecialties	9
The why and how of the minimally invasive pneumoperitoneum in present-day laparoscopic surgery	9
Development and validation of prealbumin-bilirubin score (preALBI score) for predicting long-term survival after hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma: A multicenter analysis versus ALBI score	9
Is there a discrepancy in general surgery recertification rates between genders? An analysis of data from the American board of surgery	9
Geospatial variation in the treatment of medicare beneficiary pancreatic cancer patients: A SEER-Medicare cohort study	9
The price of conference attendance: Opportunities to improve access for medical students	9
Faculty perception of resident promotion and prevention associated behaviors in the operating room to facilitate intra-operative learning	9
Editorial Board	9
Does race impact outcomes after parathyroidectomy for secondary and tertiary hyperparathyroidism?	9
How teaching surgeons communicate: An analysis of intraoperative discourse among male and female surgeons	9
Should breast surgery be considered for patients with de novo metastatic inflammatory breast cancer?	9
The development and measurement properties of the trauma NOn-TECHnical skills (T-NOTECHS) scale: A scoping review	9
A prospective study evaluating the use of low-dose intravenous sedation and analgesia during radiofrequency ablation of symptomatic, benign thyroid nodules	9
From the Editor – in – Chief: Top papers from the Association of Women Surgeons	9
Cognition, code, and the scalpel: A roadmap to autonomous robotic surgery	9
Intraoperative teaching methods, models, and frameworks: A scoping review for surgical resident education	9
Students, stereotypes, and surgery	9
Something’s got to give: How do we improve care for minorities, dual-eligible medicare, and disadvantaged patients?	9
Variation in PTH levels and kinetics after parathyroidectomy	9
Emergent colectomy for colorectal cancer: A comparative analysis of open vs. minimally invasive approach	9
Postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreaticoduodenectomy: A contemporary analysis of a large national database	9
Masculinizing chest surgery for gender affirmation: A retrospective study of outcomes and patient reported satisfaction	9
Graft repair of arteriovenous fistula aneurysms is associated with decreased long-term patency	9
Deconstructing racial disparities in timely treatment of triple-negative breast cancer: A causal mediation analysis	9