American Journal of Surgery

Article	Citations
The efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy is different for type 4 and large type 3 gastric cancer	86
Early pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis after splenectomy is associated with better outcomes: A matched cohort study	65
Advanced age alone should not preclude surveillance colonoscopy in the octogenarian and older population	54
Editorial Board	51
Current trends in surgical society membership: What does the future hold?	48
Work relative value units undervalue the clinical effort associated with teaching cases: An ACS-NSQIP analysis	40
A of analytics and B of big data in healthcare research: Telling the tale of health outcomes research from the eyes of data	40
Angling for improvement: The search for novel biomarkers in periampullary adenocarcinoma	39
Impact of an automated peri-procedural digital health intervention on rates of emergency department visits and readmissions	38
Rapid cold sterilization of 3D printed surgical instruments for the austere environment	37
Survival following liver transplantation: A population-based nested case-control study	37
Cricopharyngomyotomy: Outcomes of flexible endoscopic management of small and medium sized Zenker's diverticulum	34
“So, what are you saying?”: A qualitative study of surgeon-patient communication in the rectal cancer consultations	33
Early identification of surgery residents at-risk for attrition, remediation, and board exam failure	33
Can robotic surgery contribute to surgeon wellness?	33
Evaluating the risk of spinal cord ischemia in zone 2 frozen elephant trunk replacement	31
“Sucking the trouble” out of troubleshooting wound vacs: Video based curriculum development and implementation in a live tissue model	30
Surgical equity: Care for persons experiencing homelessness	28
Gamification to enhance clinical and technical skills in surgical residency: A systematic review	28
Implications of declining medicare reimbursement of hernia repair for surgeons and patients	28
A matched cohort comparison of endoscopic resection, chemoradiation and esophagectomy in the treatment of early-stage esophageal squamous cell carcinoma	27
First-generation physicians: The pursuit of academic surgery	26
Impact of an automated peri-procedural digital health intervention on rates of emergency department visits and readmissions	26
Locally advanced pancreatic cancer: Is surgical palliation associated with improved clinical outcome relative to medical palliation?	25
Revisiting femoral hernia diagnosis rates by patient sex in inguinal hernia repairs	25

Clinical utility of the quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score in predicting life-threatening traumatic hemorrhage: An observational study	25
Hartmann's reversal is associated with worse outcomes compared to elective left colectomy: A NSQIP analysis of 36,794 cases	25
Mentoring diverse students: Opening opportunities via virtual platforms	24
Application of the ACS NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator on a global scale	24
The impact of COVID-19 on first-year medical education – Insights and lessons learned from students pursuing careers in surgery	24
Timing and necessity of staging imaging in clinical stage II cutaneous melanoma: Cost-effectiveness and clinical decision analysis	24
Nerve monitoring decreases recurrent laryngeal nerve injury risk for neoplasm-related thyroidectomy	24
Racial disparities in time to laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis	23
External validation of four Pancreatic Fistula Risk Score models in the Deep South US: Do racial disparities affect pancreatic fistula prediction?	23
Invited commentary: How important is a resident's schedule?	23
Narrowing the global surgical perspective: The big city bias	23
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	23
We have earned our place	22
The impact of Area Deprivation Index (ADI) in abdominal wall reconstruction (AWR)	22
Effect of antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy on bleeding complications following ventral hernia repair: An ACHQC analysis	22
Disparate resource allocation during the COVID-19 pandemic among trauma centers: A Western Trauma Association national survey	21
Deriving a definition of chronic critical illness: ICU stay of 10 days	21
Comparative balanced salt solution and 6 ​% hydroxyethyl starch in goal-directed therapy for major abdominal surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis	21
Surgeon experience increases nerve identification during Lichtenstein hernia repair: a nationwide register-based study	21
The crisis of global health tourism: Review of the current status of global health in undergraduate medical education	21
Influence of endocrine multidisciplinary tumor board on patient management and treatment decision making	21
Close surveillance imaging is unnecessary for patients with grade I blunt thoracic aortic injury	21
Distressed community index as a predictor of presentation and postoperative outcomes in ventral hernia repair	21
Utilizing triage rates to improve ICU admission guidelines of elderly rib fracture patients	21
Risk factors for opioid use disorder after severe burns in adults	21
Prehospital ETCO2 is predictive of death in intubated and non-intubated patients	21
Finding my people: Effects of student identity and vulnerability to Stereotype Threat on sense of belonging in surgery	20
Fragility index for extended prophylaxis following abdominopelvic surgery: A methodological survey	20
Gender-based disparities in burn injuries, care and outcomes: A World Health Organization (WHO) Global Burn Registry cohort study	20
Geospatial analysis of firearm injuries in an urban setting: Individual rather than community characteristics affect firearm injury risk	20
A prospective study comparing the midline and lateral trans-laryngeal ultrasonography approaches in vocal cord assessment before and after thyroid and neck surgeries	20
Impact of neighborhood characteristics on textbook outcome following major surgery	19
No such thing as a good war	19
Does surgical observed structured clinical exam (OSCE) predict clerkship grade, shelf exam scores, and preceptor clinical evaluation?	19
Clinical observation of super tension-relieving suture for wound repair following resection of benign skin tumors in pediatric patients	19
Telling my aunt she was dying	19
Use of post-discharge opioid consumption patterns as a tool for evaluating opioid prescribing guidelines	19
Factors associated with stoma closure after cytoreductive surgery	19
Re-discovering surgical innovation - An essential component of the academic surgeon	19
Letter to editor in response to article entitled “Earlier liposomal bupivacaine blocks improve analgesia and decrease opioid requirements for bariatric surgery patients”	19
The association of hernia-specific and procedural risk factors with early complications in ventral hernia repair: ACHQC analysis	19
Hazards of surgical smoke from electrocautery: A critical review of the data	18
Primary Hyperparathyroidism and the PAS Score	18
Seeing green: Lighting up the ureters in minimally invasive colorectal surgery	18
Controller size matters: User proficiency is affected by endoscopic controller size	18
Cardiovascular disease risk scores in patients with optimal vs suboptimal weight loss after bariatric surgery: Translating improvements into clinical practice	18
“Blunt adrenal injury does not affect outcomes in the pediatric population with isolated abdominal injury- a National Trauma Data Bank Review®.”	18
Rectus to defect ratio for estimating the complexity of ventral hernia repair: Is it reliable for robotic surgery?	18
Comparison between non-surgical and surgical management of rib fractures in major trauma patients without brain injuries	17
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”	17

Loss of independence after pancreatic surgery	17
Impact of sleep disturbances due to low anterior resection syndrome on the quality of life of patients with rectal cancer	17
Prevalence and risk factors for acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder after burn injury	17
The role of telemedicine in building trust: An evolution of the patient-surgeon relationship	17
Is winning the only thing? – Examining the “win ratio” concept in synchronous colorectal liver metastasis	17
Patterns of gastric cancer metastasis in the United States	16
The criticality of reasonable accommodations: A scoping review revealing gaps in care for patients with blindness and low vision	16
What constitutes a successful retirement? Invited commentary on: Anteby and coauthors, passing the scalpel: Lessons on retirement planning from retired academic surgeons	16
Building upon the train-the-trainer model to advance surgical capacity in low- and middle-income countries	16
The global pandemic's second deadly hit: cancer care	16
Socioeconomic disparities and bariatric surgery outcomes: A qualitative analysis	16
Re-operation following urgent and emergent colectomies: An investigation of indications and utility as a quality indicator	16
Are women residents of surgical specialties at a higher risk of developing imposter syndrome?	16
Addressing the impact of family planning on medical students’ perception of entering surgical residency	16
Gender and racial diversity in leadership roles within academic surgery internationally: a retrospective cross-sectional study pre-COVID-19	16
Multiple hepatocellular carcinoma: Long-term outcomes following resection beyond actual guidelines. An Italian multicentric retrospective study	16
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	16
Introduction to papers presented at the festschrift of Janice L. Pasieka	16
Development of a novel tool to predict pulmonary complications in trauma patients with and without chest injury	16
Falls among older adults: An exploration of trends, clinical outcomes, predisposing risk factors, and intervention strategies	16
Two Hands	16
Postoperative plasma presepsin as a biomarker of postoperative infectious complications in different surgical departments: A meta-analysis and systematic review	15
Longitudinal experience of patients with post-thyroidectomy vocal cord paralysis	15
Extra-abdominal CT imaging indicates increased severity of illness in advanced age patients requiring emergency abdominal surgery	15
Association of Medicaid expansion of the Affordable Care Act with operations for benign endocrine surgical disease	15
Abdominal ultrasound findings contribute to a multivariable predictive risk score for surgical necrotizing enterocolitis: A pilot study	15
Colon injuries in the presence of complete spinal cord injury: Primary repair or colostomy?	15
Marijuana and thromboembolic events in geriatric trauma patients: The cannabinoids clots correlation!	15
Blood transfusion in cardiac surgeries – Toward a personalized protocol	15
Association between surgeon age and surgical complications: A systematic review and meta-analysis	15
Breast cancer treatment delay and the Hispanic paradox: A SEER database analysis	15
New alternative colorectal anastomotic devices: A systematic review and meta-analysis	15
Long road ahead for diversity efforts in surgery	15
Analysis of CT-based pancreatic volumetrics and postoperative endocrine and exocrine dysfunction: A retrospective cohort study	15
Mediators of racial disparities in postoperative outcomes among patients undergoing complex surgery	15
Regional mock oral board exercises for chief residents in general surgery	14
Bridging the gender gap: Female representation in urology residency and fellowship matches	14
Invited commentary: Rethinking equity for underrepresented in medicine and gender minority applicants in the evolving surgical residency match	14
Time to surgery: A health equity metric in breast cancer patients	14
Changes in trends during the COVID-19 lockdown: An urban, Level-1 trauma center's experience	14
Fraudulent feelings: Imposter syndrome in surgery	14
Performance of risk prediction models for post-operative mortality in patients undergoing liver resection	14
One and done? Repair of recurrent hernias after prior Myofascial release	13
Implications of routine cholangiography during laparoscopic cholecystectomy on postoperative testing: Review of more than 2,300 cases in a community-based practice	13
Ventral hernia repair with concurrent intra-abdominal surgery: Results from an eleven-year population-based cohort in Sweden	13
Navigating the changing landscape of transplant research: Trends, topics, and gender disparities	13
Decision making and informed consent in uterus transplant recipients: A mixed-methods study of the Dallas uterus transplant study (DUETS) participants	13
Survey shows all surgical residents have exposure to robotic surgery yet no formalized curricula exist amongst programs: A Southwest Surgical Congress Survey	13
Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) prior to interfacility transfer: Who might benefit in a statewide trauma system?	13
Best surgical approach for splenic flexure colon cancers: Extended versus segmental resection?	13
The “Broken rung” in transplantation surgery	13
Preoperative laboratory testing among low-risk patients prior to elective ambulatory endocrine surgeries: A review of the 2015–2018 NSQIP cohorts	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
Thoughts on 2021–2022 visiting rotation recommendations from current and recent applicants in surgery	13
Predictors of lymph node metastases in patients with malignant adenomatous polyps of the colon	13
From the Editor – in – Chief: Top papers from the Midwest Surgical Association	13
Paying it forward: A pilot program for near-peer support for medical students during the surgery clerkship	13
Who's keeping score? Risk assessment models should be built for the clinicians using them	13
Postoperative outcomes in super- and super-super obese patients undergoing emergency abdominal surgery	13
Not all traumatic brain injury patients on preinjury anticoagulation are the same	13
Editorial Board	13
Open hepatic resection in the elderly at two tertiary referral centers	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
Improving shared decision making in virtual breast cancer surgery consultations	12
Are we measuring what matters most? ACP completion among patients undergoing gastrostomy tube placement	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
“Emotional intelligence in surgery: Critical skills for modern surgeons and trainees”	12
Quality and utilization of surgical care among Medicare Advantage beneficiaries	12
Examining the false-negative rate of a negative axillary node ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy in breast cancer patients undergoing upfront surgery	12
Surgical Skills Coaches: Preparing for a peer-assisted learning model to train medical students in surgical skills	12
Development models to predict complication and prognosis following liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with clinically significant portal hypertension	12
Surgeon as teacher Scott Warner Woods Memorial Lecture Midwest Surgical Association Mackinac Island, Michigan	12
Utilization of telemedicine to provide post-discharge care: A comparison of pre-pandemic vs. pandemic care	12
Family planning impact on medical students’ surgery interest and current policies in the United States: A scoping review	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
Prospective, international analysis of quality of life outcomes in recurrent versus primary ventral hernia repairs	12
Comparison of emergency general surgery at a tertiary and community hospital: One surgeon's perspective	12
Role of preoperative CT imaging in penetrating thoraco-abdominal injuries: A multicenter study of urban trauma centers	12
Epidemiology and outcomes of primary pediatric lung malignancies: Updates from the SEER database	12

Our surgical practice with the Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons (PAACS)	12
The in-vitro influence of urea concentration on thromboelastrography in patients with and without end stage renal disease	11
Neighborhood deprivation and Medicare expenditures for common surgical procedures	11
Association of traumatic brain injury with management and outcomes of patients with blunt thoracic aortic injury	11
A single institution experience with papillary thyroid cancer: Are outcomes better at comprehensive cancer centers?	11
A fast tract to foregut surgery: Pandemic-driven protocol development	11
From the Editor – in – Chief: Top papers from the Southwestern Surgical Congress	11
From the Editor – in – Chief: Top papers from the Association of Women Surgeons	11
From the Editor – in – Chief: Featured papers in the special diversity, equity, and inclusion issue	11
From mentorship to developing a novel surgical technique: The journey of an African-American female surgeon	11
Gender disparities among leadership in academic surgical publishing over the past decade	11
The preoperative risk tool SURPAS accurately predicts outcomes in emergency surgery	11
Pan scan for geriatric trauma patients: Overkill or necessary?	11
Revisional Roux-en-Y gastric bypass after gastric banding leads to sustainable and significant additional weight loss regardless of Roux limb length	11
The lasting footprint of COVID-19 on surgical education: A resident and attending perspective on the global pandemic	11
The effects of mindfulness-focused mental performance coaching on a general surgery residency program	11
Transition from trainee to educator in the operating room: A needs assessment and framework to support junior faculty	11
Music in the operating room: There is more than meets the ears!	11
Table of Contents (4 pgs)	11
WITHDRAWN: To stand in another's shoes	11
Editorial Board	11
From the Editor-in-Chief: Top papers from the Midwest Surgical Association	11
Laparoscopic anterior resection with or without transanal tube for rectal cancer patients – A multicenter randomized controlled trial	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
Same day discharge in colorectal surgery: Who requires unplanned overnight monitoring?	11
Disparities in the treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism: A scoping review and conceptual model	11
Scalpels in shadow: The lost history of France's female surgeons	11
False reassurances: Mortality risks in penetrating trauma patients with verbal GCS ≥3	11
Elective inguinal hernia repair: Is increased resident autonomy associated with early postoperative clinical outcome?	11
Socioeconomic risk factors for mortality and readmission after surgery for bowel obstruction: An analysis of the Nationwide Readmissions Database	11
Social vulnerability index (SVI) and poor postoperative outcomes in children undergoing surgery in California	11
Surgical training simulation modalities in minimally invasive surgery: How to achieve evidence-based curricula by translational research	11
How well do faculty do in providing general surgery EPA feedback?	11
Intraoperative teaching methods, models, and frameworks: A scoping review for surgical resident education	10
Academic surgery after the overturning of Roe vs. Wade	10
A standardized carotid endarterectomy care pathway is associated with lower ICU admission rates and a significant reduction in hospital charges	10
Variation in commercial prices for thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy at US hospitals	10
Letter to editor in response to article entitled: “Visual teaching aids improve understanding and reduce anxiety prior to a colectomy”	10
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	10
Surgery clerkships & general surgery careers: A systematic review	10
Utilizing risk-stratified pathways to personalize post-hepatectomy discharge planning: A contemporary analysis of 1,354 patients	10
The price of conference attendance: Opportunities to improve access for medical students	10
The optimal management of blunt aortic injury in the young	10
A prospective study evaluating the use of low-dose intravenous sedation and analgesia during radiofrequency ablation of symptomatic, benign thyroid nodules	10
Trainee-initiated dictations of endocrine surgeries: Implications for education and reimbursement	10
Editorial Board	10
Emergent colectomy for colorectal cancer: A comparative analysis of open vs. minimally invasive approach	10
How to determine the end points of leg fasciotomy	10
Communication in the operating room – No longer cold and sterile	10
Enriching the discussion of shifting the ABCs of trauma to XABCs	10
Outcomes for audio-only and video-based preoperative encounters for abdominal wall reconstruction and hernia consultations	10
The why and how of the minimally invasive pneumoperitoneum in present-day laparoscopic surgery	10
Survival disparities in rural versus urban patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor: A multi-institutional study from the US neuroendocrine tumor study group	10
County-level food insecurity is associated with outcomes following cardiac surgery	10
Earlier liposomal bupivacaine blocks improve analgesia and decrease opioid requirements for bariatric surgery patients	10
To infinity and beyond: A historical bibliometric analysis of medullary thyroid carcinoma	10
Assessment of psychological debriefing models’ components & effective implementation, and its impact on healthcare professionals stress management skills, mental wellbeing, and clinical performanc	10
Patient values in breast cancer surgical decision-making - The WhySurg study	10
Making leadership a priority in surgical residency	10
Reproductive planning and infertility: Training the next generation of surgeons	10
The benefit of sentinel lymph node biopsy in elderly patients with melanoma	10
Should breast surgery be considered for patients with de novo metastatic inflammatory breast cancer?	10
Effect of Medicaid expansion on inflammatory bowel disease and healthcare utilization	10
EGS plus: Predicting futility in LVAD patients with emergency surgical disease	10
The effects of the Affordable Care Act on access and outcomes of colon surgery	10
Cognition, code, and the scalpel: A roadmap to autonomous robotic surgery	9
Informing therapeutic lymphadenectomy: Location of regional metastatic lymph nodes in adrenocortical carcinoma	9
Evaluation of free mobile health applications for pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence	9
Opium for the masses: Global disparity and opiate crisis imbalance	9
Editorial Board	9
Editorial Board	9
Janice L. Pasieka MD: A champion of endocrine surgery, adventure, and family	9
Violent trauma as an indirect impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review of hospital reported trauma	9
Closing the educational gap in surgery: Teaching team communication and conflict management	9
Can less Be more in the treatment of cN1a papillary thyroid microcarcinoma?	9
Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes in primary melanoma are associated with a better prognosis	9
Validation study of the ACS NSQIP surgical risk calculator for two procedures in Japan	9
Impact of breast density on re-excision and recurrence of breast cancer following breast conserving surgery	9
Modification of splenorenal shunt using adrenal vein as a Conduit: Proximal spleno-adrenorenal shunt	9
From the Editor - in - Chief: Featured Papers in the February 2023 Issue	9
Editorial Board	9
The development and measurement properties of the trauma NOn-TECHnical skills (T-NOTECHS) scale: A scoping review	9
Impact of COVID on surgical case volume at military treatment facilities with surgical residencies	9
Is there a discrepancy in general surgery recertification rates between genders? An analysis of data from the American board of surgery	9
Artificial intelligence and the education of future surgeons	9
Disparities in outpatient rural cholecystectomy outcomes	9
How teaching surgeons communicate: An analysis of intraoperative discourse among male and female surgeons	9
Perspectives on navigating the use of artificial intelligence by patients for their surgical care management	9
Table of Contents (4 pgs)	9
Table of Contents (3 pgs)	9
From the Editor – in – Chief: Featured papers in the October issue	9
Hernia rate after damage control laparotomy: a retrospective review using ten core outcomes for damage control laparotomy	9
Facilitating use of same-day discharge after appendectomy in children: Implementation of an evidence-based post-operative pathway	9
Graft repair of arteriovenous fistula aneurysms is associated with decreased long-term patency	9