American Journal of Surgery

Article	Citations
Elective surgery in the time of COVID-19	197
Increasing incidence of complicated appendicitis during COVID-19 pandemic	107
Implementation of virtual focus groups for qualitative data collection in a global pandemic	89
The impact of COVID-19 on medical student surgical education: Implementing extreme pandemic response measures in a widely distributed surgical clerkship experience	85
How resilient is your team? Exploring healthcare providers’ well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic	79
Implications for the use of telehealth in surgical patients during the COVID-19 pandemic	77
A systematic review and meta-analysis of surgery delays and survival in breast, lung and colon cancers: Implication for surgical triage during the COVID-19 pandemic	66
Representation of women in speaking roles at surgical conferences	62
Surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: A comprehensive overview and perioperative care	61
Telemedicine to follow patients in a general surgery department. A randomized controlled trial	56
Standing electric scooter injuries: Impact on a community	52
Gender and ethnic diversity in academic general surgery department leadership	51
Pursing a career in academic surgery among African American medical students	50
Anti-Asian sentiment in the United States – COVID-19 and history	46
Is oncoplastic breast conserving surgery oncologically safe? A meta-analysis of 18,103 patients	41
A contemporary reassessment of the US surgical workforce through 2050 predicts continued shortages and increased productivity demands	41
Adjuvant therapy rates and overall survival in patients with localized pancreatic cancer from high Area Deprivation Index neighborhoods	39
Burnout and its relationship with perceived stress, self-efficacy, depression, social support, and programmatic factors in general surgery residents	37
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on general surgery training program: An Italian experience	34
Every minute counts: The impact of pre-hospital response time and scene time on mortality of penetrating trauma patients	34
Pre-operative COVID-19 testing and decolonization	33
Where is the leak in the surgeon pipeline?	33
Predicting factors for central or lateral lymph node metastasis in conventional papillary thyroid microcarcinoma	32
The what? How? And Who? Of video based assessment	31
Use of indocyanine green fluorescence compared to radioisotope for sentinel lymph node biopsy in early-stage breast cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis	31

Modified frailty index predicts high-risk patients for readmission after colorectal surgery for cancer	30
Simulation in surgical education	29
Management of simple and retained hemothorax: A practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma	29
Bariatric surgery to achieve transplant in end-stage organ disease patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis	28
Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol reduces perioperative narcotic requirement and length of stay in patients undergoing mastectomy with implant-based reconstruction	28
Surgical management of truncal and extremities atypical lipomatous tumors/well-differentiated liposarcoma: A systematic review of the literature	27
Emergency Department Resuscitative Thoracotomy: Indications, surgical procedure and outcome. A narrative review	27
Disparities in colorectal cancer mortality for rural populations in the United States: Does screening matter?	26
Program and candidate experience with virtual interviews for the 2020 Complex General Surgical Oncology interview season during the COVID pandemic	26
Specialty differences in resident resilience and burnout - A national survey	26
The effect of bariatric surgery on breast cancer incidence and characteristics: A meta-analysis and systematic review	25
Obesity and surgical complications of pancreaticoduodenectomy: An observation study utilizing ACS NSQIP	25
Surgeon burnout, impact on patient safety and professionalism: A systematic review and meta-analysis	24
Cryoablation: A promising non-operative therapy for low-risk breast cancer	24
Immersive Virtual Reality in surgery and medical education: Diving into the future	24
Association between age and disease specific mortality in medullary thyroid cancer	24
Refusal of surgery for colon cancer: Sociodemographic disparities and survival implications among US patients with resectable disease	23
Completion lymph node dissection for merkel cell carcinoma	23
Closing the gap: Increasing female representation in surgical leadership	23
Postoperative thyroid hormone supplementation rates following thyroid lobectomy	22
Outpatient thyroidectomy in the pediatric population	22
Predictors for complete pathological response for stage II and III rectal cancer following neoadjuvant therapy - A systematic review and meta-analysis	22
Comparison of accuracy of prediction of postoperative mortality and morbidity between a new, parsimonious risk calculator (SURPAS) and the ACS Surgical Risk Calculator	22
Refusal of cancer-directed treatment by colon cancer patients: Risk factors and survival outcomes	22
The impact of preoperative carbohydrate loading on patients with type II diabetes in an enhanced recovery after surgery protocol	22
Development of a conceptual model for understanding the learning environment and surgical resident well-being	21
Greater faculty familiarity with residents improves intraoperative entrustment	21
Exploring the gender gap: Letters of recommendation to pediatric surgery fellowship	21
Techniques for intraoperative evaluation of bowel viability in mesenteric ischemia: A review	21
An evaluation of social media utilization by general surgery programs in the COVID-19 era	21
Pregnancy in physicians: A scoping review	21
The current status of the diversity pipeline in surgical training	21
Preoperative botulinum toxin A injection in complex abdominal wall reconstruction– a propensity-scored matched study	21
Factors affecting salvage rate of infected prosthetic mesh	21
Patterns of gastric cancer metastasis in the United States	21
Comparison of benign and malignant insulinoma	21
Catastrophic expenditures in California trauma patients after the Affordable Care Act: reduced financial risk and racial disparities	21
Increased complications in patients who test COVID-19 positive after elective surgery and implications for pre and postoperative screening	21
Hand in hand: A multistakeholder approach for co-production of surgical care	21
Mentorship strategies to foster inclusivity in surgery during a virtual era	21
Preoperative parathyroid localization does not improve surgical outcomes for patients with primary hyperparathyroidism	20
Examining healthcare inequities relative to United States safety net hospitals	20
The Emergency Surgery Score (ESS) accurately predicts outcomes in elderly patients undergoing emergency general surgery	20
Surgical telemedicine here to stay: More support from a randomized controlled trial on postoperative surgery visits	20
Racial disparities exist in surgical outcomes for patients with inflammatory bowel disease	20
Does surgical difficulty relate to severity of acute cholecystitis? Validation of the parkland grading scale based on intraoperative findings	20
Surgical treatment of primary gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs): Management and prognostic role of R1 resections	19
Graduate medical education funding mechanisms, challenges, and solutions: A narrative review	19
Patient-reported health literacy scores are associated with readmissions following surgery	19
Social vulnerability is associated with increased morbidity following colorectal surgery	19

Do male chairs of surgery have implicit gender bias in the residency application process?	18
Surgical resection versus radiofrequency ablation for Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer very early stage hepatocellular carcinoma: long-term results of a single-center study	18
Establishing the minimal clinically important difference for the Hernia-Related Quality of Life Survey (HerQLes)	18
Can the Emergency Surgery Score (ESS) predict outcomes in emergency general surgery patients with missing data elements? A nationwide analysis	18
Does negative pressure wound therapy with irrigation improve clinical outcomes? A randomized clinical trial in patients with diabetic foot infections	18
Gender-based disparities in burn injuries, care and outcomes: A World Health Organization (WHO) Global Burn Registry cohort study	18
The impact of social determinants of health on management of stage I non-small cell lung cancer	18
Academic global surgery and COVID-19: Turning impediments into opportunities	18
Risk factors for ileocolic anastomosis dehiscence; a cohort study	18
The GRADE approach to appraising the evidence or how to increase the credibility of your research	18
Radical intended surgery for highly selected stage IV neuroendocrine neoplasms G3	18
Identification of postoperative complications using electronic health record data and machine learning	17
Practice patterns for surgical management of low-risk papillary thyroid cancer from 2014 to 2019: A CESQIP analysis	17
Ambulatory colectomy: A pilot protocol for same day discharge in minimally invasive colorectal surgery	17
Performance advantages for grit and optimism	17
Periprocedural complications in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection compared to those without infection: A nationwide propensity-matched analysis	17
Prognostic value of tumor size and minimal extrathyroidal extension in papillary thyroid carcinoma	17
Development and implementation of a sustainable research curriculum for general surgery residents: A foundation for developing a research culture	17
Variation in long-term oncologic outcomes by type of cancer center accreditation: An analysis of a SEER-Medicare population with pancreatic cancer	17
National trends and predictors of mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction	17
Laparoscopic anterior resection with or without transanal tube for rectal cancer patients – A multicenter randomized controlled trial	17
Practice patterns and work environments that influence gender inequality among academic surgeons	17
Physician mistreatment in the clinical learning environment	17
The COVID trolley dilemma	16
Feasibility and benefits of an enhanced recovery after surgery protocol for patients undergoing cytoreductive surgery and heated intraperitoneal chemotharpy: A single institution experience	16
The top 100 most disruptive publications in academic surgery journals: 1954–2014	16
Detecting delayed intracranial hemorrhage with repeat head imaging in trauma patients on antithrombotics with no hemorrhage on the initial image: A retrospective chart review and meta-analysis	16
Implementation of robot-assisted Ivor Lewis procedure: Robotic hand-sewn, linear or circular technique?	16
The association of health literacy and postoperative complications after colorectal surgery: A cohort study	16
Use of artificial intelligence for gender bias analysis in letters of recommendation for general surgery residency candidates	16
Evaluation of cost-effectiveness among open, laparoscopic and robotic distal pancreatectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis	16
Upgrade rate of intraductal papilloma without atypia on breast core needle biopsy: A clinical, radiological and pathological correlation study	16
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is associated with improved survival in patients undergoing hepatic resection for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma	16
Factors associated with physicians’ recommendations for managing low-risk papillary thyroid cancer	16
Implementation and evaluation of eight virtual surgical electives for medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic	16
Abdominal sepsis patients have a high incidence of chronic critical illness with dismal long-term outcomes	16
Preoperative cholangitis is an independent risk factor for mortality in patients after pancreatoduodenectomy for pancreatic cancer	15
Assessment of utilization efficiency using machine learning techniques: A study of heterogeneity in preoperative healthcare utilization among super-utilizers	15
Gender perception bias of operative autonomy evaluations among residents and faculty in general surgery training	15
Elective robotic-assisted bariatric surgery: Is it worth the money? A national database analysis	15
Surgeon stress negatively affects their non-technical skills in the operating room	15
Comparing intraoperative parathyroid identification based on surgeon experience versus near infrared autofluorescence detection – A surgeon-blinded multi-centric study	15
COVID-19 testing processes and patient protections for resumption of elective surgery	15
Transplant surgery departmental leaders do not represent workforce demographics especially among women and underrepresented minorities — A retrospective analysis	15
Virtual surgery residency selection: Strategies for programs and candidates	15
Surgical research journals - Under review: An assessment of diversity among editorial boards and outcomes of peer review	15
Intraoperative recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring versus visualisation alone - A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	15
Percutaneous cholecystostomy for grade III acute cholecystitis is associated with worse outcomes	15
Predicting morbidity and mortality in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Preoperative serum albumin still matters	15
Differences in operative self-assessment between male and female plastic surgery residents: A survey of 8,149 cases	15
Disparities in timely treatment among young women with breast cancer	15
The mentor match: A new approach to implementing formal mentorship in general surgery residency	15
Development and implementation of virtual grand rounds in surgery	15
Surgical timing following neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer affects postoperative complication rates	15
Efficacy of telehealth visits for postoperative care at the Minneapolis VA	15
Small pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: Resect or enucleate?	15
Racial disparities in complications and mortality after bariatric surgery: A systematic review	14
Robotic intraperitoneal onlay versus totally extraperitoneal (TEP) retromuscular mesh ventral hernia repair: A propensity score matching analysis of short-term outcomes	14
Surgical management of stomal prolapse – Is there a superior approach to repair?	14
Intraoperative nerve monitoring is associated with a lower risk of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury: A national analysis of 17,610 patients	14
Training with cognitive load improves performance under similar conditions in a real surgical task	14
Predicting length of stay for trauma and emergency general surgery patients	14
Gender and compensation among surgical specialties in the Veterans Health Administration	14
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of benign, atypical, and malignant breast adenomyoepithelioma: a single institution's experience	14
My surgical practice: Radioguided parathyroid surgery, how and why we use it	14
The association of preoperative thyroid-stimulating hormone level and the risk of differentiated thyroid cancer in patients with thyroid nodules: A systematic review and meta-analysis	14
Computer-based video training is effective in teaching basic surgical skills to novices without faculty involvement using a self-directed, sequential and incremental program	14
Heterogeneity in managing rib fractures across non-trauma and level I, II, and III trauma centers	14
Impact of hospital lockdown secondary to COVID-19 and past pandemics on surgical practice: A living rapid systematic review	14
Is neutrophilia the key to diagnosing appendicitis in pregnancy?	13
There's no such thing as a free lunch: Outcomes of concurrent parathyroidectomy and thyroidectomy among CESQIP surgeons	13
Completeness of operative reports for rectal cancer surgery	13
Postoperative delirium is associated with decreased recovery of ambulation one-month after surgery	13
Evaluating how residents talk and what it means for surgical performance in the simulation lab	13
Capsular contracture in the modern era: A multidisciplinary look at the incidence and risk factors after mastectomy and implant-based breast reconstruction	13
Centralization of pancreatic cancer treatment within an integrated healthcare system improves overall survival	13
Stop the bleed: The impact of trauma first aid kits on post-training confidence among community members and medical professionals	13
Effect of sleeve gastrectomy on plasma growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF15) in human	13
An early introduction to surgical skills: Validating a low-cost laparoscopic skill training program purpose built for undergraduate medical education	13
Post-thyroidectomy emergency room visits and readmissions: Assessment from the Collaborative Endocrine Surgery Quality Improvement Program (CESQIP)	13

The role of breast MRI in newly diagnosed breast cancer: An evidence-based review	13
A simulation-based selection process for trying to identify medical students who will become outstanding general surgery residents	13
Objective Structured Assessment of technical skill (OSATS) in the Surgical Skills and Technology Elective Program (SSTEP): Comparison of peer and expert raters	13
Evaluation of an instrument to assess resident surgical entrustable professional activities (SEPAs)	13
Using local rather than general anesthesia for inguinal hernia repair is associated with shorter operative time and enhanced postoperative recovery	12
Diversity efforts in surgery: Are we there yet?	12
Initial report on the impact of a perfused fresh cadaver training program in general surgery resident trauma education	12
Patient reported outcomes associated with surgical intervention for breast cancer	12
Contemporary management of spontaneous retroperitoneal and rectus sheath hematomas	12
Nephrolithiasis after bariatric surgery: A comparison of laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy	12
Understanding the makeup of a growing field: A committee on trauma survey of the national network of hospital-based violence intervention programs	12
Association between preoperative prealbumin level and postoperative mortality and morbidity after hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma: A multicenter study from a HBV-endemic area	12
Diagnostic laparoscopy is more accurate than Computerized Tomography for internal hernia after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass	12
A NSQIP analysis of trends in surgical outcomes for rectal cancer: What can we improve upon?	12
Selected conditions associated with an increased incidence of incisional hernia: A review of molecular biology	12
Laparoscopic versus open hepatectomy for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: An individual patient data survival meta-analysis	12
A risk score model to predict incidental gallbladder cancer in patients scheduled for cholecystectomy	12
Opportunities for machine learning to improve surgical ward safety	12
Mentorship of underrepresented minorities and women in surgery	12
A clinical coagulopathy score concurrent with viscoelastic testing defines opportunities to improve hemostatic resuscitation and enhance blood product utilization during liver transplantation	12
“I need to have a fulfilling job”: A qualitative study of surgeon well-being and professional fulfillment	12
Early tracheostomy in patients with cervical spine injury reduces morbidity and improves resource utilization	12
A single institution experience with papillary thyroid cancer: Are outcomes better at comprehensive cancer centers?	12
68Ga-DOTATATE-PET shows promise for diagnosis of recurrent or persistent medullary thyroid cancer: A systematic review	12
Surgeon experience and opioid prescribing	12
Surgical team familiarity and waste generation in the operating room	12
Letters of recommendation for surgical fellowships – Does gender make a difference?	12
Reforming our general surgery residency program at an urban level 1 Trauma Center during the COVID-19 pandemic: Towards maintaining resident safety and wellbeing	12
Comparison of hepatic resection and systemic treatment of breast cancer liver metastases: A propensity score matching study	12
Bull horn injuries. A 40-year retrospective study with 572 patients	12
The impact of cirrhosis on esophageal cancer surgery: An up-to-date meta-analysis	12
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the practice of endocrine surgery	12
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for luminal a breast cancer: Factors predictive of histopathologic response and oncologic outcome	12
Mental illness is associated with increased risk of suicidal ideation among cancer surgical patients	12
Feasibility of injected indocyanine green for ureteral identification during robotic left-sided colorectal resections	12
Contribution of unequal new patient referrals to female surgeon under-employment	12
Comparative outcomes between COVID-19 and influenza patients placed on veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe ARDS	11
Radical versus conservative surgical treatment of liver hydatid cysts: A paired comparison analysis	11
Comparison of laparoscopic and open pancreaticoduodenectomy for the treatment of nonpancreatic periampullary adenocarcinomas: a propensity score matching analysis	11
Access to hepatitis C direct-acting antiviral therapy in hepatitis C-positive donor to hepatitis C-negative recipient solid-organ transplantation in a real-world setting	11
Comparison of prescribing patterns before and after implementation of evidence-based opioid prescribing guidelines for the postoperative urologic surgery patient	11
Failure to rescue after major abdominal surgery: The role of hospital safety net burden	11
Tackling the opioid epidemic: Reducing opioid prescribing while maintaining patient satisfaction with pain management after outpatient surgery	11
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer and changes in the biliary microbiome	11
Diversity, equity, and inclusion in presidential leadership of academic medical and surgical societies	11
Long-term outcomes after subtotal reconstituting cholecystectomy: A retrospective case series	11
Lost in translation: A qualitative analysis of facilitators and barriers to collecting patient reported outcome measures for surgical patients with limited English proficiency	11
The lasting footprint of COVID-19 on surgical education: A resident and attending perspective on the global pandemic	11
PICC versus midlines: Comparison of peripherally inserted central catheters and midline catheters with respect to incidence of thromboembolic and infectious complications	11
Adoption of enhanced recovery after surgery and intraoperative transverse abdominis plane block decreases opioid use and length of stay in very large open ventral hernia repairs	11
Prophylactic central lymph node dissection informs the decision of radioactive iodine ablation in papillary thyroid cancer	11
The volume of recyclable polyethylene terephthalate plastic in operating rooms – A one-month prospective audit	11
The impact of cirrhosis and MELD score on postoperative morbidity and mortality among patients selected for liver resection	11
When excellence is still not enough	11
Beyond burnout: Understanding the well-being gender gap in general surgery by examining professional fulfillment and control over schedule	11
Gender-differences of proceduralists in perception of hand-held surgical instrument fit – A cross-sectional survey	11
Can patients find an Endocrine Surgeon? How hospital websites hide the expertise of these medical professionals	11
Working toward Equity in Emergencies (WE) through Stop the Bleed: A pilot collaborative health program with the Somali community in Seattle	11
Platelet and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratios predict survival in patients with resectable colorectal liver metastases	11
Fatigue in surgical residents an analysis of duty-hours and the effect of hypothetical naps on predicted performance	11
Visual teaching aids improve patient understanding and reduce anxiety prior to a colectomy	11
Natural language processing and entrustable professional activity text feedback in surgery: A machine learning model of resident autonomy	11
Does health literacy impact technological comfort in cancer patients?	11
Intraoperative parathyroid hormone measurement during parathyroidectomy for treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism: When should you end the operation?	11
Virtual grand rounds as a novel means for applicants and programs to connect in the era of COVID-19	11
Postoperative thyroid hormone supplementation rates following thyroid lobectomy	11
Phyllodes tumours of the breast: Outcomes and recurrence after excision	11
Influence of faculty diversity on resident diversity across surgical subspecialties	11
Racial disparities in surgical outcomes for benign thyroid disease	11
Antiviral therapy improves post-operative survival outcomes in patients with HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma of less than 3 cm – A retrospective cohort study	11
Continuous neuromonitoring during radiofrequency ablation of benign thyroid nodules provides objective evidence of laryngeal nerve safety	11
The confidence gap: Findings for women in plastic surgery	11
How does telementoring impact medical education within the surgical field? A scoping review	11
Prospective evaluation of preoperative cognitive impairment and postoperative morbidity in geriatric patients undergoing emergency general surgery	11
Development of a structured virtual reality curriculum for laparoscopic appendicectomy	11
Is there a gender bias in milestones evaluations in general surgery residency training?	11
Detection of early allograft dysfunction at 30 min of reperfusion in liver transplantation: An intraoperative diagnostic tool with real time assessment of graft function	11
Duodenal stump leakage. Lessons to learn from a large-scale 15-year cohort study	11
Evaluating the role of sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with DCIS treated with breast conserving surgery	10
An Institutional experience with primary hyperparathyroidism in the elderly over two decades	10
Conference cancelled: The equitable flip side of the academic surgery coin	10
Beyond the tube: Can we reduce chest tube complications in trauma patients?	10
Comparison of gastrojejunostomy to endoscopic stenting for gastric outlet obstruction: An updated Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis	10
Social vulnerability index (SVI) and poor postoperative outcomes in children undergoing surgery in California	10
Utilization of mental health services in pediatric patients surviving penetrating trauma resulting from interpersonal violence	10
Intraoperative parathyroid hormone measurement facilitates outpatient thyroidectomy in children	10
Admission base deficit is superior to lactate in identifying shock and resuscitative needs in trauma patients	10
Contemporary resuscitation of hemorrhagic shock: What will the future hold?	10
Ethical thinking machines in surgery and the requirement for clinical leadership	10
#ILookLikeASurgeon: Or do I? The local and global impact of a hashtag	10
The AAST prospective observational multicenter study of the initial experience with reversal of direct oral anticoagulants in trauma patients	10
Preperitoneal packing for pelvic fracture-associated hemorrhage: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and practice management guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma	10
The Association of Women Surgeons research grant: An analysis of the first 25 years	10
Relationship between burnout and mistreatment: Who plays a role?	10
Surgical autonomy: A resident perspective and the balance of teacher development with operative independence	10