Annals of Surgery

Papers
(The median citation count of Annals of Surgery is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Ductal Cancerization at the Pancreatic Neck Margin270
Recurrence Following Operative vs. Non-Operative Management of Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction in Children141
Equity in Pay130
Nationwide Analysis of the Distribution of Level 1 and Level 2 Trauma Centers Per Population Growth and Motor Vehicle Collision Injuries/Fatalities Utilizing Geographic Information Systems Mapping Tec123
Predictive Value of KLASS-02-QC Assessment Score on KLASS-02 Surgical Outcomes116
“I Came up Short on the Academic Ladder”116
Postoperative Overtriage to an Intensive Care Unit Is Associated With Low Value of Care114
Association of Socioeconomic Status, Sex, Racial, and Ethnic Identity With Sustained and Cultivated Careers in Surgery111
The Impact of Low Workplace Support During Pregnancy on Surgeon Distress and Career Dissatisfaction109
Variation in Anesthesiology Provider–Volume for Complex Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery108
Improvement of the Natural Progression of Extremity Lymphedema Treated With Lymphatic Microsurgery90
Goal-directed Perioperative Albumin Substitution Versus Standard of Care to Reduce Postoperative Complications89
Prevention of Liver-related Surgical Site Infections in Combined Liver and Colorectal Surgery88
Errors in Surgery80
Competency, Proficiency, and Mastery79
Efficacy of Neoadjuvant Therapy and the Prognostic Significance of Serum Carcinoembryonic Antigen Level in Patients with Localized Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma with Non-elevated Carbohydrate Antigen 19-977
Association of Health Professional Shortage Area Hospital Designation With Surgical Outcomes and Expenditures Among Medicare Beneficiaries74
When Getting Bigger is Too Big73
Updated Alternative Fistula Risk Score (ua-FRS) to Include Minimally Invasive Pancreatoduodenectomy: Pan-European Validation70
Outcomes for Gastrointestinal Oncologic Surgery Episodes in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced Program70
Lessons From Social Psychology to Improve the Implementation and Use of the Surgical Safety Checklist in the Operating Room68
Health System Structure65
Influence of Socioeconomic Deprivation on Surgical Outcomes for Patients With Sigmoid Diverticulitis in France62
Financial Toxicity Among Surgical Patients Varies by Income and Insurance62
Association Between Surgeon and Anesthesiologist Sex Discordance and Postoperative Outcomes61
Anatomic Location Predicts Response Rates: Real World Outcomes With Over 1100 Cycles of Talimogene Laherparepvec Description59
Impact of Community Socioeconomic Distress on Survival Following Heart Transplantation58
Prescription Default Nudges for Opioid Reduction after Major Surgery (NORMS)58
Patient and Caregiver Experiences with Surgical Decision-Making in the Context of Dementia57
Functional Outcomes After Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision (taTME) for Rectal Cancer55
Comparison of Short-term and Three-year Oncological Outcomes Between Robotic and Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer54
Navigating the Surgeon-Scientist Path in Health Services Research54
Operative Team Familiarity and Specialization at an Academic Medical Center53
Recurrent Disease After Esophageal Cancer Surgery53
Full Robotic Whole Graft Liver Transplantation53
Real-world Decision-making Process for Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Versus Minimally Invasive Surgery in Early-stage Lung Cancer Patients51
Validation of the PANAMA Score for Survival and Benefit of Adjuvant Therapy in Patients With Resected Pancreatic Cancer after Neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX51
Ex Vivo Liver Resection and Autotransplantation50
A Guide for Implementing Surgeon Resilience Initiatives: An Example of Surgical Peer Support48
Structural Racism and Breast Cancer-specific Survival48
Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness Among US Trauma Centers48
Elucidating the Optimal Use of Mitigation Strategies for Improving Pancreatic Fistula Rates after Pancreatoduodenectomy48
The #HOPE4LIVER Single-arm Pivotal Trial for Histotripsy of Primary and Metastatic Liver Tumors47
Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping in Breast Cancer Patients Through Fluorescent Imaging Using Indocyanine Green46
Efficacy of Strategies Intended to Prevent Surgical Site Infection After Lower Limb Revascularization Surgery46
Effect of Thoracic Surgery Regionalization on 1- and 3-Year Survival after Cancer Esophagectomy46
Revolutionizing Liver Transplantation45
The AUGIS Survival Predictor: Prediction of Long-Term and Conditional Survival After Esophagectomy Using Random Survival Forests45
Telesurgery45
Timing of a Major Operative Intervention After a Positive COVID-19 Test Affects Postoperative Mortality44
Tumor Mutational Burden From Circulating Tumor DNA Predicts Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Resection43
Microbiome Dysbiosis With Enterococcus Presence in the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Is a Risk Factor for Mortality in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer43
Postoperative Complications and Mobilization Following Major Abdominal Surgery With Versus Without Fitness Tracker-based Feedback (EXPELLIARMUS)43
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Among Medicare Beneficiaries in Health Professional Shortage Areas43
Perioperative Renin–Angiotensin System Inhibitors Improve Major Outcomes of Heart Failure Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery42
Precision Medicine as a Blueprint for Surgical Education41
Results of a Decade of Work by Surgeons and Researchers Nationwide to Reduce the Impact of Surgery on the Opioid Epidemic40
Principles of Pediatric Palliative Surgical Oncology40
“What’s a Win”40
Discordance in Total Mesorectal Excision Specimen Grading in a Prospective Phase 2 Multicenter Rectal Cancer Trial39
Combined Liver Transplant and Cardiac Surgery38
Patient-Reported Symptom Burden Associated with Treatment Modality for Malignant Bowel Obstruction38
Reduced Morbidity and Mortality Associated With Minimally Invasive Single-vessel Coronary Artery Bypass Compared With Conventional Sternotomy38
Robotic Liver Transplantation38
Anatomic Lung Resection Outcomes After Implementation of a Universal Thoracic ERAS Protocol Across a Diverse Health Care System38
Predictors of Neurodevelopmental Impairment After Intestinal Resection for Necrotizing Enterocolitis38
Can Women Surgeons Have It All? If Not Now, When?38
U.S. Surgical Practice38
What’s Behind it all: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Retrogastric Pancreatic Necrosis Management38
Corporatization in Medicine? No End in Sight38
Is Standardized Right Hemicolectomy with D2 Lymphadenectomy Enough to Limit Local Recurrence in Adenocarcinoma of the Right Colon?37
Costs of Care for Operative and Nonoperative Management of Emergency General Surgery Conditions37
Randomized Prospective Trial of Epidural Analgesia after Open Hepatectomy37
Centralization of Pancreaticoduodenectomy36
Biliary Adverse Events During Neoadjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer36
Evaluating the Impact of Robotic IPAA35
Defer, Share, or Drive the Decision: Empowering Patients with Varied Preferences to Engage in Decision-making (an Analysis from Alliance A231701CD)35
The Impact of Molecular Subtyping on Pathological Staging of Pancreatic Cancer35
Rate of Emergency Lower Extremity Amputations in the United States Among Medicare Beneficiaries35
Surgical Education35
Factors Associated With Days Away From Home in the Year After Major Surgery Among Community-living Older Persons34
Out-of-Pocket Costs Among Commercially Insured Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity34
Optimal Treatment Strategies for cT2 Staged Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus and the Gastroesophageal Junction34
At the Intersection of Intersectionality33
The First Case of Intraportal Islet Implantation During Liver Machine Perfusion Allowing Simultaneous Islet-liver Transplantation in a Human - A New and Safe Treatment for End-stage Liver Disease Comb33
Defining Benchmark Outcomes for Distal Pancreatectomy33
Financial Toxicity in Surgery33
A Contemporary Evaluation of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services High-risk Indicators for Carotid Endarterectomy33
Redefining the Diagnostic Threshold for Breast Cancer-related Lymphedema33
Robotic-assisted Proctosigmoidectomy Versus Laparoscopic-assisted Soave Pull-through for Hirschsprung Disease32
Nationwide Outcome after Pancreatoduodenectomy in Patients at Very High Risk (ISGPS-D) for Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula32
Re-Aiming Equity Evaluation in Clinical Decision Support32
Novel Benchmark Values for Redo Liver Transplantation32
The Upper Extremity Lymphatic System Is Not Symmetrical in Individuals32
Intraportal Islet Autotransplantation Independently Improves Quality of Life After Total Pancreatectomy in Patients With Chronic Refractory Pancreatitis32
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Directed Surgical Decision Making for Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection in Rectal Cancer After Total Neoadjuvant Therapy (TNT)31
Defining Benchmarks for Pelvic Exenteration Surgery31
Interdisciplinary Operating Room Ergonomics Needs and Priorities31
Opioid Use After Gastric Bypass, Sleeve Gastrectomy or Intensive Lifestyle Intervention31
Prospective Multicenter Comprehensive Survey on Male Sexual Dysfunction following Laparoscopic, Robotic, and Transanal Approaches for Rectal Cancer (the LANDMARC Study)31
Reoperation for Recurrence is Affected by Type of Mesh in Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair31
Use of Telemedicine for Postdischarge Assessment of the Surgical Wound31
Short-term Outcomes After Laparoscopic IPOM Versus Robot-assisted Retromuscular Repair of Small to Medium Ventral Hernias31
Objective Assessment of Cognitive Workload in Surgery30
Invited Commentary on Robotic First Rib Resection: Thoracic Outlet Decompression: Lessons Learned30
An Ethical Framework for Cost-conscious Surgical Practice30
Reevaluating Gendered Language in Surgery30
Impact of Hospital Affiliation With a Flagship Hospital System on Surgical Outcomes30
The Conditional Effects of Multimorbidity on Operative Versus Nonoperative Management of Emergency General Surgery Conditions30
Sex-related Outcomes After Thoracic Endovascular Repair for Intact Isolated Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm30
The Joy of Discovery29
Effects of a Pragmatic Home-based Exercise Program Concurrent With Neoadjuvant Therapy on Physical Function of Patients With Pancreatic Cancer: The PancFit Randomized Clinical Trial29
Postoperative Exercise Training in Patients with Colorectal Liver Metastases A Randomized Controlled Trial29
Management of Bile Leak Post Minimally Invasive Subtotal Cholecystectomy29
Optimizing the Management Strategies of Delayed Postpancreaticoduodenectomy Hemorrhage29
An Alternative to “Checkmark Credentialing” for Effective Physician Benchmarking and Professional Improvement29
Surgeon Coaching: An Important Tool in the Armamentarium Against Burnout?29
Assessment of Residual or Resected Disappearing Liver Metastases After Chemotherapy29
Early Interventional Treatment of High Output Chyle Leak After Esophagectomy is Associated With Improved Survival29
Commentary28
Timing of Antibiotic Prophylaxis Prior to Abdominal Surgery Has No Impact on Infectious Complications28
Single-nuclei RNA Profiling Reveals Disruption of Adipokine and Inflammatory Signaling in Adipose Tissue of Burn Patients28
Safety, Efficacy, and Cost-effectiveness of Outpatient Surgery for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis28
Effects of Peripheral Nerve Block on Perioperative Recovery Following Major Thoracic and Abdominal Surgery27
A 10-Year Real-world Assessment of Longitudinal Outcomes Following Bailout Procedures for Severe Cholecystitis27
A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Efficacy and Safety of Lytic and Non-lytic Early Thrombus Removal Technologies for Iliofemoral Deep Vein Thrombosis27
Age-specific Increase in Vasopressin-induced Coronary Microvascular Contractile Response in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery27
Neoadjuvant Sequencing for Early-stage Pancreas Cancer27
The Histone Methyltransferase SETDB2 Modulates Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinase–Matrix Metalloproteinase Activity During Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Development26
The Diabetes Remission Index (DRI)26
From Moral Injury Vulnerability to Protective Equity26
How Volume of Neurosurgical Interventions Impacts Patient Outcomes26
Risk Factor–Targeted Perioperative Care Reduces Anastomotic Leakage After Colorectal Surgery26
Perception of Treatment Success and Impact on Function with Antibiotics or Appendectomy for Appendicitis26
Local/Regional Recurrence Rates After Breast-Conserving Therapy in Patients Enrolled in Legacy Trials of the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology (AFT-01)26
The BARIREF Study25
Association of Medicaid Expansion with Reduction in Racial Disparities in the Timely Delivery of Upfront Surgical Care for Patients With Early-Stage Breast Cancer25
First National Effort to Optimize the Performance of Cancer Surgery by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer and Cancer Surgery Standards Program25
Explainable Machine Learning to Bring Database to the Bedside25
A Surgical Desirability of Outcome Ranking (DOOR) Reveals Complex Relationships Between Race/Ethnicity, Insurance Type, and Neighborhood Deprivation25
Road Towards Ambulatory Colectomy25
Hepatectomies under Hypothermic Perfusion of the Liver25
Tangential Versus Segmental Portomesenteric Venous Resection During Pancreatoduodenectomy for Pancreatic Cancer25
Refining Bariatric Surgery25
Surgeon-reported Factors Influencing Adoption of Quality Standards for Goal-concordant Care in Patients With Advanced Cancer24
Professionalism of Admitting and Consulting Services and Trauma Patient Outcomes24
Perineural Invasion is an Important Prognostic Factor in Patients With Radically Resected (R0) and Node-negative (pN0) Pancreatic Cancer24
Resection Postradioembolization in Patients With Single Large Hepatocellular Carcinoma24
Incidence of Unconfirmed Code Status Documentation in Surgical Patients with Preoperative Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (MOLST)24
Real-world Application of Endoscopic Resection for Early-stage Esophageal Cancer23
Routine Imaging After Resection of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma23
Prophylactic Mesh Placement During Formation of an End-colostomy23
Single-cell Transcriptomics Reveals Dynamic Role of Smooth Muscle Cells and Enrichment of Immune Cell Subsets in Human Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms23
European Multicentric Experience With Fenestrated-branched ENDOvascular Stent Grafting After Previous FAILed Infrarenal Aortic Repair23
Adding Patient-reported Outcomes to the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program23
Multicenter, Prospective Cohort Study of Oesophageal Injuries and Related Clinical Outcomes (MUSOIC study)23
Bridging the Gap23
Stoma-free Survival After Rectal Cancer Resection With Anastomotic Leakage23
Pancreatic Cancer Patient-derived Organoids Can Predict Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy23
Financial Toxicity in Complex Gastrointestinal Surgery and Correlation with Patient Reported Outcomes23
Body Mass Index Is Associated With Pediatric Complicated Appendicitis and Postoperative Complications23
An Opportunity to Advance Workforce Equity: Surgical Referrals23
Missed Diagnosis of Pediatric Appendicitis23
Oncological Outcomes After Anastomotic Leakage After Surgery for Colon or Rectal Cancer23
Financial Toxicity in Patients With Resected Lung Cancer23
Noninvasive Artificial Intelligence System for Early Predicting Residual Cancer Burden During Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer23
Long-Term Survival on Extent of Lymphadenectomy for Right-Sided Colon Cancer23
Female Patients Have a Reduced Risk of Reoperation for Recurrence After Laparoscopic Groin Hernia Repair22
Non-English Primary Language22
Defining the Role of Social Vulnerability in the Treatment and Survival of Localized Colon Cancer22
Decreasing Trends in Intestinal Resection and Re-resection in Crohn's Disease: A Nationwide Cohort Study: Erratum22
A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Implementation of BREASTChoice, a Multilevel Breast Reconstruction Decision Support Tool With Personalized Risk Prediction22
Pancreatic Fistula and Intraabdominal Fluid Collections after Distal Pancreatectomy22
“I Just Wish Someone would Take me Very Seriously”22
Liver Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma With Tumor Thrombus in the Inferior Vena Cava or Right Atrium22
A Call to Action22
Long-term Functional Outcomes Among Older Adults Undergoing Video-assisted Versus Open Surgery for Lung Cancer22
Postoperative and Pathological Outcomes of CROSS and FLOT as Neoadjuvant Therapy for Esophageal and Junctional Adenocarcinoma21
Persistent Circulating Tumor Cells at 1 Year After Oncologic Resection Predict Late Recurrence in Pancreatic Cancer21
Reduction of Central Venous Pressure in Elective Robotic and Laparoscopic Liver Resection21
Pulmonary Open, Robotic, and Thoracoscopic Lobectomy (PORTaL) Study21
Outcomes of Visceral Arterial Interposition Graft Reconstruction for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer21
Trends in Surgical Technique and Outcomes of Ventral Hernia Repair in The United States21
Impact of Neighborhood Disadvantage on Tumor Biology and Breast Cancer Survival21
Long-term Outcomes Following Resection of Adenocarcinoma Arising from Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm (A-IPMN) Versus Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC)21
Instrumental in Surgery21
Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Additional Benefit of Pharmacological Thromboprophylaxis for Endovenous Varicose Vein Interventions21
Robotic Lobectomy Is Cost-effective and Provides Comparable Health Utility Scores to Video-assisted Lobectomy21
Hepatic Artery Infusion Pumps21
Delayed Versus Early Laparoscopic Appendectomy for Adult Patients With Acute Appendicitis21
Metabolic Surgery21
Association Between Storage Time of Transfused Red Blood Cells and Infection After Clean-contaminated Surgery21
Poor Prognostic Factors in Long-Term Survivors of Resected Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma21
Working Definitions of “Critical Portions”21
Resolution of Secondary Hyperparathyroidism After Kidney Transplantation and the Effect on Graft Survival21
Safe Implementation of a Next-Generation Surgical Robot21
Long-term Outcomes Following Colectomy and Liver Transplantation for Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis21
Portomesenteric Venous Thrombosis after Pancreatic Cancer Surgery with Venous Resection and Reconstruction21
Risk of Lymph Node Metastasis in T1b Gastric Cancer20
Association of Neighborhood Deprivation, Race, and Postoperative Outcomes20
Dynamic Pathology of Enteric Neural Network using Curcumin-assisted Multiphoton Laser Imaging in Hirschsprung Disease20
Severity Grading Systems for Intraoperative Adverse Events. A Systematic Review of the Literature and Citation Analysis20
Presbyopia in Surgeons20
Cholecystectomy Increases the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in the Korean Population20
Inter-Rater Agreement of the Classification of Intraoperative Adverse Events (ClassIntra) in Abdominal Surgery20
Consequences of a Surveillance Strategy for Side-branch Intraductal Pancreatic Mucinous Neoplasms20
Association Between Biliary Pathogens, Surgical Site Infection, and Pancreatic Fistula20
Recommendations From the International Consensus Conference on Anemia Management in Surgical Patients (ICCAMS)20
Five-year Survival after McKeown Compared to Ivor-Lewis Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer20
Association of Recurrence with a Tumor-informed Personalized ctDNA Detection Approach in Resectable Colorectal Cancer20
Disparities in the Operative Experience: Implicit Bias Infused into Action?20
Beyond the Surgical Safety Checklist20
Review Paper on Penetrating Brain Injury20
Living in a Disadvantaged NYC Neighborhood Is Associated With Poorly Differentiated Breast Cancer and Shorter Breast Cancer-specific Survival20
REDISCOVER International Guidelines on the Perioperative Care of Surgical Patients With Borderline-resectable and Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer20
Surgeon Fear in the Operating Room and Its Link to Identity; A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study20
Evolution of Pancreas Transplantation At A Single Institution—50+ Years and 2500 Transplants20
Discrimination Toward Women Surgeons in the Workplace Through an Intersectional Lens20
Association Between Distress at Diagnosis and Disease-free Survival Among Patients With Resectable Colon Cancer: A Large Cohort Study20
Major Pancreatic Resection Increases Bone Mineral Density Loss, Osteoporosis, and Fractures20
Surrogacy of Recurrence-free Survival for Overall Survival as an Endpoint of Clinical Trials of Perioperative Adjuvant Therapy in Hepatobiliary-pancreatic Cancers20
Response to Letter to Editor19
Prevalence and Incidence of Oral Benzodiazepine Use in Hospitalized Surgical Patients19
Improving Shared Decision-making in Situations of Uncertainty19
Transforming the Future of Surgeon-Scientists19
Feasibility and Safety of a “Shared Care” Model in Complex Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery19
Age Matters19
Prospective Sensory Outcomes for Targeted Nipple-areola Complex Reinnervation in Gender-affirming Double Incision Mastectomy With Free Nipple Grafting19
Living Donor Liver Transplantation With Augmented Venous Outflow and Splenectomy: A Promised Land for Small Left Lobe Grafts: Erratum19
Toward Competency-based Medical Education19
Maryland’s Global Budget Revenue Payment Model and Shifts in the Surgical Site of Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries19
Risk of Recurrent Hypoglycemia and Long-term Survival after total Pancreatectomy19
Comment on: Routine Postsurgical Anesthesia Visit to Improve 30-Day Morbidity and Mortality: A Multicenter, Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Interventional Study (the TRACE Study)19
View From the Chair19
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Operative Experience Among General Surgery Residents19
Risk Perceptions and Risk Thresholds Among Surgeons in the Management of Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms19
The Student’s Overture19
Who Do We Fail to Rescue after Pancreatoduodenectomy? Outcomes Among >4000 Procedures Expose Windows of Opportunity19
Examination of Race and Ethnicity After Revascularization in the BEST-CLI Trial19
Predicting Long-term Disease-free Survival After Resection of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma18
Uptake of Robotic Appendectomy18
Trauma Activation Fees Among For-profit and Nonprofit Trauma Centers18
Association Between Neighborhood Air Pollution and Outcomes After Common Surgical Procedures18
Complexity and Experience Grading to Guide Patient Selection for Minimally Invasive Pancreatoduodenectomy18
Low Pneumoperitoneum Pressure Reduces Gas Embolism During Laparoscopic Liver Resection18
Risk-Benefit Balance of Simultaneous Gastric Bypass or Sleeve Gastrectomy and Concomitant Cholecystectomy18
Validation of the IASLC Residual Tumor Classification in Patients With Stage III-N2 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Undergoing Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Followed By Surgery18
Prolonged Preservation of up to 24 Hours at 10 °C Does Not Impact Outcomes after Lung Transplantation18
The Role of Pelvic Floor Muscle Training on Low Anterior Resection Syndrome18
Salvage of Declined Extended-criteria DCD Livers Using In Situ Normothermic Regional Perfusion18
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