American Journal of Surgery

Article	Citations
Angling for improvement: The search for novel biomarkers in periampullary adenocarcinoma	85
The efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy is different for type 4 and large type 3 gastric cancer	51
Clinical utility of the quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score in predicting life-threatening traumatic hemorrhage: An observational study	45
A of analytics and B of big data in healthcare research: Telling the tale of health outcomes research from the eyes of data	44
Impact of an automated peri-procedural digital health intervention on rates of emergency department visits and readmissions	42
Disparate resource allocation during the COVID-19 pandemic among trauma centers: A Western Trauma Association national survey	38
Editorial Board	38
Effect of antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy on bleeding complications following ventral hernia repair: An ACHQC analysis	37
Revisiting femoral hernia diagnosis rates by patient sex in inguinal hernia repairs	36
We have earned our place	35
Impact of an automated peri-procedural digital health intervention on rates of emergency department visits and readmissions	33
Narrowing the global surgical perspective: The big city bias	32
Implications of declining medicare reimbursement of hernia repair for surgeons and patients	31
Work relative value units undervalue the clinical effort associated with teaching cases: An ACS-NSQIP analysis	30
Geospatial analysis of firearm injuries in an urban setting: Individual rather than community characteristics affect firearm injury risk	30
Mentoring diverse students: Opening opportunities via virtual platforms	30
Hands-on training for preoperative skin preparation improves compliance with manufacturer instructions for use	29
Comparative balanced salt solution and 6 ​% hydroxyethyl starch in goal-directed therapy for major abdominal surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis	27
“So, what are you saying?”: A qualitative study of surgeon-patient communication in the rectal cancer consultations	27
Locally advanced pancreatic cancer: Is surgical palliation associated with improved clinical outcome relative to medical palliation?	27
Rethinking Global Surgery research: Role of mixed-methods studies	27
Evaluating the risk of spinal cord ischemia in zone 2 frozen elephant trunk replacement	27
Can robotic surgery contribute to surgeon wellness?	26
Cutting-edge meets county roads: Is robotic-assisted surgery right for rural settings?	26
Invited commentary: How important is a resident's schedule?	25

The crisis of global health tourism: Review of the current status of global health in undergraduate medical education	25
The impact of Area Deprivation Index (ADI) in abdominal wall reconstruction (AWR)	25
Cricopharyngomyotomy: Outcomes of flexible endoscopic management of small and medium sized Zenker's diverticulum	24
Close surveillance imaging is unnecessary for patients with grade I blunt thoracic aortic injury	24
Hartmann's reversal is associated with worse outcomes compared to elective left colectomy: A NSQIP analysis of 36,794 cases	23
First-generation physicians: The pursuit of academic surgery	23
Prehospital ETCO2 is predictive of death in intubated and non-intubated patients	22
Survival following liver transplantation: A population-based nested case-control study	22
Timing and necessity of staging imaging in clinical stage II cutaneous melanoma: Cost-effectiveness and clinical decision analysis	21
Integrated psychosocial, sleep, and nutritional support improves postoperative recovery, immune modulation, and survival after curative resection for low rectal cancer: A randomized controlled trial	21
“Sucking the trouble” out of troubleshooting wound vacs: Video based curriculum development and implementation in a live tissue model	21
Early identification of surgery residents at-risk for attrition, remediation, and board exam failure	21
Don't forget your meds	21
Finding your path in global surgery: The importance of mentorship	20
Pioneer surgeons of the North West Mounted Police: The 2025 North Pacific Surgical association historian's lecture	20
Distressed community index as a predictor of presentation and postoperative outcomes in ventral hernia repair	20
Women in surgical innovation (part II): Getting to know yourself, your customer, and your product	19
Emeritus Editorial Board	19
A matched cohort comparison of endoscopic resection, chemoradiation and esophagectomy in the treatment of early-stage esophageal squamous cell carcinoma	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
Artificial intelligence and the next frontier of surgical assessment: Promise without readiness	19
Multidimensional impacts of the Lebanese economic crisis on the management of acute cholecystitis	18
Gender-based salary differences among academic surgeons from 2014 to 2024	18
Deriving a definition of chronic critical illness: ICU stay of 10 days	18
Surgeon experience increases nerve identification during Lichtenstein hernia repair: a nationwide register-based study	17
Primary tumor surgery in patients with de novo stage IV breast cancer: Is there an optimal subgroup for locoregional therapy?	17
Risk factors for opioid use disorder after severe burns in adults	17
Gamification to enhance clinical and technical skills in surgical residency: A systematic review	17
Racial disparities in time to laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis	17
Rapid cold sterilization of 3D printed surgical instruments for the austere environment	17
Invited commentary: Rethinking equity for underrepresented in medicine and gender minority applicants in the evolving surgical residency match	16
Letter to editor in response to article entitled “Earlier liposomal bupivacaine blocks improve analgesia and decrease opioid requirements for bariatric surgery patients”	16
Telling my aunt she was dying	16
New alternative colorectal anastomotic devices: A systematic review and meta-analysis	16
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”	16
No such thing as a good war	16
Addressing the impact of family planning on medical students’ perception of entering surgical residency	16
Introduction to papers presented at the festschrift of Janice L. Pasieka	16
Fragility index for extended prophylaxis following abdominopelvic surgery: A methodological survey	16
Controller size matters: User proficiency is affected by endoscopic controller size	15
Factors associated with stoma closure after cytoreductive surgery	15
Association of Medicaid expansion of the Affordable Care Act with operations for benign endocrine surgical disease	15
The criticality of reasonable accommodations: A scoping review revealing gaps in care for patients with blindness and low vision	15
Is winning the only thing? – Examining the “win ratio” concept in synchronous colorectal liver metastasis	15
Cardiovascular disease risk scores in patients with optimal vs suboptimal weight loss after bariatric surgery: Translating improvements into clinical practice	15
Impact of sleep disturbances due to low anterior resection syndrome on the quality of life of patients with rectal cancer	15
Postoperative plasma presepsin as a biomarker of postoperative infectious complications in different surgical departments: A meta-analysis and systematic review	15
“Blunt adrenal injury does not affect outcomes in the pediatric population with isolated abdominal injury- a National Trauma Data Bank Review®.”	15
The association of hernia-specific and procedural risk factors with early complications in ventral hernia repair: ACHQC analysis	15
Building upon the train-the-trainer model to advance surgical capacity in low- and middle-income countries	14

Re-operation following urgent and emergent colectomies: An investigation of indications and utility as a quality indicator	14
Impact of neighborhood characteristics on textbook outcome following major surgery	14
Socioeconomic disparities and bariatric surgery outcomes: A qualitative analysis	14
Advancements in neurosurgical techniques for managing sports-related traumatic brain injuries	14
Association between surgeon age and surgical complications: A systematic review and meta-analysis	14
The global pandemic's second deadly hit: cancer care	14
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	14
Fraudulent feelings: Imposter syndrome in surgery	14
Mediators of racial disparities in postoperative outcomes among patients undergoing complex surgery	14
Colon injuries in the presence of complete spinal cord injury: Primary repair or colostomy?	14
Two Hands	14
Gender differences in surgeon electronic health record utilization	14
Bridging the gender gap: Female representation in urology residency and fellowship matches	14
Clinical observation of super tension-relieving suture for wound repair following resection of benign skin tumors in pediatric patients	14
Time to surgery: A health equity metric in breast cancer patients	14
Editorial Board	14
What matters most? Understanding patient preferences in breast cancer treatment: A systematic review of discrete choice experiments	14
Is anastrozole really better than tamoxifen for low-risk breast cancer?	14
Primary Hyperparathyroidism and the PAS Score	14
Breast cancer treatment delay and the Hispanic paradox: A SEER database analysis	14
Active surveillance for low-grade ductal carcinoma in situ: A mixed-methods systematic review of patient, clinician, and health-system perspectives	13
Are women residents of surgical specialties at a higher risk of developing imposter syndrome?	13
Performance of risk prediction models for post-operative mortality in patients undergoing liver resection	13
Predictors of mortality and major complications after colostomy reversal: An analysis of national surgical quality improvement program database	13
Falls among older adults: An exploration of trends, clinical outcomes, predisposing risk factors, and intervention strategies	13
Longitudinal experience of patients with post-thyroidectomy vocal cord paralysis	13
Regional mock oral board exercises for chief residents in general surgery	13
Extra-abdominal CT imaging indicates increased severity of illness in advanced age patients requiring emergency abdominal surgery	13
Hazards of surgical smoke from electrocautery: A critical review of the data	13
The role of telemedicine in building trust: An evolution of the patient-surgeon relationship	13
Universal healthcare: more tax, less litigation?	13
Blood transfusion in cardiac surgeries – Toward a personalized protocol	13
Comparison between non-surgical and surgical management of rib fractures in major trauma patients without brain injuries	13
Analysis of CT-based pancreatic volumetrics and postoperative endocrine and exocrine dysfunction: A retrospective cohort study	13
Gender and racial diversity in leadership roles within academic surgery internationally: a retrospective cross-sectional study pre-COVID-19	13
Editorial Board	12
The in-vitro influence of urea concentration on thromboelastrography in patients with and without end stage renal disease	12
Implications of routine cholangiography during laparoscopic cholecystectomy on postoperative testing: Review of more than 2,300 cases in a community-based practice	12
The effects of mindfulness-focused mental performance coaching on a general surgery residency program	12
Editorial Board	12
Rectus to defect ratio for estimating the complexity of ventral hernia repair: Is it reliable for robotic surgery?	12
Surgical Skills Coaches: Preparing for a peer-assisted learning model to train medical students in surgical skills	12
Prospective, international analysis of quality of life outcomes in recurrent versus primary ventral hernia repairs	12
Not all traumatic brain injury patients on preinjury anticoagulation are the same	12
Role of preoperative CT imaging in penetrating thoraco-abdominal injuries: A multicenter study of urban trauma centers	12
Parathyroid hormone guided protocols for hypocalcemia management after thyroidectomy: A systematic review	12
Day-case loop ileostomy reversal based on the community hospital joined enhanced recovery after surgery (CHJ-ERAS) program in China: Safe and feasible	12
Invited commentary on “How well do we understand our patients’ perioperative experience? A qualitative analysis of themes derived from patient-centric resident conferences”	12
Social vulnerability index (SVI) and poor postoperative outcomes in children undergoing surgery in California	12
Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) prior to interfacility transfer: Who might benefit in a statewide trauma system?	12
Loss of independence after pancreatic surgery	12
Comparison of emergency general surgery at a tertiary and community hospital: One surgeon's perspective	11
Grading severity of MVI impacts long-term outcomes after laparoscopic liver resection for early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma: A multicenter study	11
The accidental storm surfer	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
Best surgical approach for splenic flexure colon cancers: Extended versus segmental resection?	11
Conference attire as an expression of inclusivity: A perspective	11
Scalpels in shadow: The lost history of France's female surgeons	11
High-risk liver patients are not associated with adverse events following pancreaticoduodenectomy	11
“Emotional intelligence in surgery: Critical skills for modern surgeons and trainees”	11
Our surgical practice with the Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons (PAACS)	11
Improving shared decision making in virtual breast cancer surgery consultations	11
Who's keeping score? Risk assessment models should be built for the clinicians using them	11
A new era of surgical intelligence: Analyzing disruption in general surgery from 2015 to 2021	11
Surgeon as teacher Scott Warner Woods Memorial Lecture Midwest Surgical Association Mackinac Island, Michigan	11
Development models to predict complication and prognosis following liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with clinically significant portal hypertension	11
Examining the false-negative rate of a negative axillary node ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy in breast cancer patients undergoing upfront surgery	11
Editorial Board	11
Revisional Roux-en-Y gastric bypass after gastric banding leads to sustainable and significant additional weight loss regardless of Roux limb length	11
Quality and utilization of surgical care among Medicare Advantage beneficiaries	11
Data-driven thresholds for tumor size and nodal involvement in oncocytic thyroid carcinoma: A population-based analysis	11
Are we measuring what matters most? ACP completion among patients undergoing gastrostomy tube placement	11
Pan scan for geriatric trauma patients: Overkill or necessary?	11
A fast tract to foregut surgery: Pandemic-driven protocol development	11
Family planning impact on medical students’ surgery interest and current policies in the United States: A scoping review	11
Trends in axillary staging for breast cancer in the elderly: Outcomes of choosing wisely at a high-usage institution	11
Machine learning-based diagnostic modeling for differentiating lymphoid hyperplasia from acute appendicitis using laboratory biomarkers	11
Sublobar or lobar resection in early-stage peripheral non-small cell lung cancer less than 2cm: A meta-analysis for randomized controlled trials	11
Association of traumatic brain injury with management and outcomes of patients with blunt thoracic aortic injury	11

Ventral hernia repair with concurrent intra-abdominal surgery: Results from an eleven-year population-based cohort in Sweden	11
To infinity and beyond: A historical bibliometric analysis of medullary thyroid carcinoma	10
Editorial Board	10
Emergency medicine (EM) can safely manage geriatric trauma patients sustaining ground level falls: Fostering EM autonomy while safely offloading a busy trauma service	10
Integrating artificial intelligence into scientific writing: a narrative review for clinical and surgical researchers	10
Examining disparities in management and outcomes among unhoused patients with traumatic brain injury	10
Navigating the changing landscape of transplant research: Trends, topics, and gender disparities	10
Impact of COVID on surgical case volume at military treatment facilities with surgical residencies	10
Survival disparities in rural versus urban patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor: A multi-institutional study from the US neuroendocrine tumor study group	10
Hernia rate after damage control laparotomy: a retrospective review using ten core outcomes for damage control laparotomy	10
Utilizing risk-stratified pathways to personalize post-hepatectomy discharge planning: A contemporary analysis of 1,354 patients	10
Disparities in the treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism: A scoping review and conceptual model	10
How well do faculty do in providing general surgery EPA feedback?	10
False reassurances: Mortality risks in penetrating trauma patients with verbal GCS ≥3	10
Surgical training simulation modalities in minimally invasive surgery: How to achieve evidence-based curricula by translational research	10
From past to present: A comparison of interpersonal firearm violence between historically graded neighborhoods of Kansas City	10
Postoperative outcomes in super- and super-super obese patients undergoing emergency abdominal surgery	10
From the Editor – in – Chief: Top papers from the Southwestern Surgical Congress	10
Editorial Board	10
Deconstructing racial disparities in timely treatment of triple-negative breast cancer: A causal mediation analysis	10
Utilization of telemedicine to provide post-discharge care: A comparison of pre-pandemic vs. pandemic care	10
Integrating cultural humility into surgical training: A case-based workshop utilizing AI and experiential learning	10
Planning for the “Unplanned”: Is the QoR-15 too little, too late?	10
Academic surgery after the overturning of Roe vs. Wade	10
Same day discharge in colorectal surgery: Who requires unplanned overnight monitoring?	10
From mentorship to developing a novel surgical technique: The journey of an African-American female surgeon	10
Table of Contents (4 pgs)	10
Impact of breast density on re-excision and recurrence of breast cancer following breast conserving surgery	10
One step ahead: Finding mentors at all stages of a surgical career	10
The availability of mentorship for underrepresented minorities in surgery and surgical subspecialties: A systematic review	9
Narrowing the gap: addressing sexual and gender minority-specific concerns throughout the breast cancer continuum	9
Emergent colectomy for colorectal cancer: A comparative analysis of open vs. minimally invasive approach	9
Geospatial variation in the treatment of medicare beneficiary pancreatic cancer patients: A SEER-Medicare cohort study	9
How teaching surgeons communicate: An analysis of intraoperative discourse among male and female surgeons	9
A multidomain perioperative intervention improves postoperative recovery and clinical outcomes after abdominoperineal resection for low rectal cancer: A randomized controlled trial	9
Patient values in breast cancer surgical decision-making - The WhySurg study	9
Assessment of psychological debriefing models’ components & effective implementation, and its impact on healthcare professionals stress management skills, mental wellbeing, and clinical performanc	9
Trainee-initiated dictations of endocrine surgeries: Implications for education and reimbursement	9
Cognition, code, and the scalpel: A roadmap to autonomous robotic surgery	9
Is there a discrepancy in general surgery recertification rates between genders? An analysis of data from the American board of surgery	9
From the Editor-in-Chief: Top papers from the Midwest Surgical Association	9
The optimal management of blunt aortic injury in the young	9
Artificial intelligence and the education of future surgeons	9
Facilitating use of same-day discharge after appendectomy in children: Implementation of an evidence-based post-operative pathway	9
County-level food insecurity is associated with outcomes following cardiac surgery	9
Sex-based differences in post-injury behavioral health readmissions among adolescents hospitalized for firearm injuries	9
Enriching the discussion of shifting the ABCs of trauma to XABCs	9
The why and how of the minimally invasive pneumoperitoneum in present-day laparoscopic surgery	9
A prospective study evaluating the use of low-dose intravenous sedation and analgesia during radiofrequency ablation of symptomatic, benign thyroid nodules	9
Multidisciplinary prehabilitation in rectal cancer: Implications for recovery	9
The development and measurement properties of the trauma NOn-TECHnical skills (T-NOTECHS) scale: A scoping review	9
A standardized carotid endarterectomy care pathway is associated with lower ICU admission rates and a significant reduction in hospital charges	9
Effect of Medicaid expansion on inflammatory bowel disease and healthcare utilization	9
This path, too, is ours	9
Perspectives on navigating the use of artificial intelligence by patients for their surgical care management	9
EGS plus: Predicting futility in LVAD patients with emergency surgical disease	9
Variation in commercial prices for thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy at US hospitals	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
Modification of splenorenal shunt using adrenal vein as a Conduit: Proximal spleno-adrenorenal shunt	9
The price of conference attendance: Opportunities to improve access for medical students	9
Outcomes for audio-only and video-based preoperative encounters for abdominal wall reconstruction and hernia consultations	9
Postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreaticoduodenectomy: A contemporary analysis of a large national database	9
Unmasking gender disparities in industry payments to U.S. surgeons: Royalty and consulting fees across surgical subspecialties	9
Does race impact outcomes after parathyroidectomy for secondary and tertiary hyperparathyroidism?	9
The suprapubic pseudosac crochet hook suspension technique in laparoscopic repair of direct inguinal hernia: An efficient alternative in pseudosac management	9
Should breast surgery be considered for patients with de novo metastatic inflammatory breast cancer?	9
Closing the educational gap in surgery: Teaching team communication and conflict management	9
Communication in the operating room – No longer cold and sterile	9
Disparities in outpatient rural cholecystectomy outcomes	9
How to determine the end points of leg fasciotomy	9
WITHDRAWN: To stand in another's shoes	9
The power of partnership: Exploring collaboration dynamics in U.S. transplant research	9
The benefit of sentinel lymph node biopsy in elderly patients with melanoma	9
My Thoughts: A Surgeon Responds to the Ukrainian Genocide	8
Achieving an optimal textbook outcome following pancreatic resection: The impact of surgeon specific experience in achieving high quality outcomes	8
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on surgical training in the United States	8
An analysis of colorectal cancer in Ghana: implications for low and middle income countries	8
Over a decade with Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery (TAMIS): Analyzing short- and long-term oncological outcomes of 208 patients with rectal lesions	8
Association of socioeconomic vulnerability with clinical and financial outcomes following emergent hernia repair	8
Janice L. Pasieka MD: A champion of endocrine surgery, adventure, and family	8
Invited commentary: Always be grateful: Gender construct and systemic challenges facing women surgeons	8
Weight and cost of unused operating room supplies	8
There's no such thing as a free lunch: Outcomes of concurrent parathyroidectomy and thyroidectomy among CESQIP surgeons	8
Beware of big data - A lesson from data collection of unhoused populations in trauma	8
Variation in PTH levels and kinetics after parathyroidectomy	8
MedEd: An innovative approach to enhance patient comprehension and interpretation of a sample mammography report	8
From the Editor - in - Chief: Featured Papers in the February 2023 Issue	8
Is surgery a spectator sport? Third-year surgical clerkship case-log analysis at a community-based medical college	8
Opium for the masses: Global disparity and opiate crisis imbalance	8
Pregnancy complications amongst female surgeons	8
Laparoscopic gastric plication: A long-term follow-up and comparison of outcomes in severe vs. non-severe obesity	8
From the Editor – in – Chief	8
Analysis of artificial intelligence in thyroid diagnostics and surgery: A scoping review	8
Risk assessment tools for women with breast atypia: A systematic review	8
Table of Contents (4 pgs)	8