Annals of Surgery

Article	Citations
Ductal Cancerization at the Pancreatic Neck Margin	320
Recurrence Following Operative vs. Non-Operative Management of Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction in Children	148
Prevention of Liver-related Surgical Site Infections in Combined Liver and Colorectal Surgery	145
A Guide for Implementing Surgeon Resilience Initiatives: An Example of Surgical Peer Support	143
Effect of Thoracic Surgery Regionalization on 1- and 3-Year Survival after Cancer Esophagectomy	143
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 Tec	127
Predictive Value of KLASS-02-QC Assessment Score on KLASS-02 Surgical Outcomes	124
Variation in Anesthesiology Provider–Volume for Complex Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery	122
Impact of Community Socioeconomic Distress on Survival Following Heart Transplantation	106
Prescription Default Nudges for Opioid Reduction after Major Surgery (NORMS)	98
Patient and Caregiver Experiences with Surgical Decision-Making in the Context of Dementia	97
Efficacy of Neoadjuvant Therapy and the Prognostic Significance of Serum Carcinoembryonic Antigen Level in Patients with Localized Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma with Non-elevated Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9	94
When Getting Bigger is Too Big	88
Updated Alternative Fistula Risk Score (ua-FRS) to Include Minimally Invasive Pancreatoduodenectomy: Pan-European Validation	86
Outcomes for Gastrointestinal Oncologic Surgery Episodes in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced Program	84
Lessons From Social Psychology to Improve the Implementation and Use of the Surgical Safety Checklist in the Operating Room	79
Health System Structure	78
“I Came up Short on the Academic Ladder”	76
Goal-directed Perioperative Albumin Substitution Versus Standard of Care to Reduce Postoperative Complications	75
Comparison of Short-term and Three-year Oncological Outcomes Between Robotic and Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer	73
Improvement of the Natural Progression of Extremity Lymphedema Treated With Lymphatic Microsurgery	68
Postoperative Overtriage to an Intensive Care Unit Is Associated With Low Value of Care	67
Equity in Pay	67
Efficacy of Strategies Intended to Prevent Surgical Site Infection After Lower Limb Revascularization Surgery	66
Timing of a Major Operative Intervention After a Positive COVID-19 Test Affects Postoperative Mortality	66

Association of Health Professional Shortage Area Hospital Designation With Surgical Outcomes and Expenditures Among Medicare Beneficiaries	64
GERD Treatment Bias and the Underutilized Fundoplication	64
Operative Team Familiarity and Specialization at an Academic Medical Center	63
Anatomic Location Predicts Response Rates: Real World Outcomes With Over 1100 Cycles of Talimogene Laherparepvec Description	63
Influence of Socioeconomic Deprivation on Surgical Outcomes for Patients With Sigmoid Diverticulitis in France	62
Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness Among US Trauma Centers	60
Ex Vivo Liver Resection and Autotransplantation	59
Telesurgery	58
Competency, Proficiency, and Mastery	58
Recurrent Disease After Esophageal Cancer Surgery	57
The Impact of Low Workplace Support During Pregnancy on Surgeon Distress and Career Dissatisfaction	57
Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping in Breast Cancer Patients Through Fluorescent Imaging Using Indocyanine Green	56
Association of Socioeconomic Status, Sex, Racial, and Ethnic Identity With Sustained and Cultivated Careers in Surgery	56
The AUGIS Survival Predictor: Prediction of Long-Term and Conditional Survival After Esophagectomy Using Random Survival Forests	56
Postoperative Complications and Mobilization Following Major Abdominal Surgery With Versus Without Fitness Tracker-based Feedback (EXPELLIARMUS)	56
Errors in Surgery	54
Tumor Mutational Burden From Circulating Tumor DNA Predicts Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Resection	53
Mucosal Impedance in the Diagnosis and Surgical Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease	53
Navigating the Surgeon-Scientist Path in Health Services Research	53
Real-world Decision-making Process for Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Versus Minimally Invasive Surgery in Early-stage Lung Cancer Patients	52
Preventing Futile Laparotomy in Pancreatic Cancer through Selective Multimodal Staging	52
Functional Outcomes After Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision (taTME) for Rectal Cancer	50
Revolutionizing Liver Transplantation	50
Elucidating the Optimal Use of Mitigation Strategies for Improving Pancreatic Fistula Rates after Pancreatoduodenectomy	50
Validation of the PANAMA Score for Survival and Benefit of Adjuvant Therapy in Patients With Resected Pancreatic Cancer after Neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX	49
Microbiome Dysbiosis With Enterococcus Presence in the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Is a Risk Factor for Mortality in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer	49
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Among Medicare Beneficiaries in Health Professional Shortage Areas	48
Full Robotic Whole Graft Liver Transplantation	48
The #HOPE4LIVER Single-arm Pivotal Trial for Histotripsy of Primary and Metastatic Liver Tumors	48
Results of a Decade of Work by Surgeons and Researchers Nationwide to Reduce the Impact of Surgery on the Opioid Epidemic	48
“What’s a Win”	47
Robotic Liver Transplantation	46
Patient-Reported Symptom Burden Associated with Treatment Modality for Malignant Bowel Obstruction	46
Combined Liver Transplant and Cardiac Surgery	44
Can Women Surgeons Have It All? If Not Now, When?	44
Evaluating the Impact of Robotic Ileal Pouch-anal Anastomosis	44
Preoperative Radiotherapy and Postoperative Complications Among Patients with Primary Retroperitoneal Sarcoma	44
At the Intersection of Intersectionality	43
Anatomic Lung Resection Outcomes After Implementation of a Universal Thoracic ERAS Protocol Across a Diverse Health Care System	43
Impact of Hospital Affiliation With a Flagship Hospital System on Surgical Outcomes	43
What’s Behind it All	42
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Directed Surgical Decision Making for Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection in Rectal Cancer After Total Neoadjuvant Therapy (TNT)	42
Interdisciplinary Operating Room Ergonomics Needs and Priorities	42
Optimal Treatment Strategies for cT2 Staged Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus and the Gastroesophageal Junction	41
Predictors of Neurodevelopmental Impairment After Intestinal Resection for Necrotizing Enterocolitis	41
Rate of Emergency Lower Extremity Amputations in the United States Among Medicare Beneficiaries	41
A Contemporary Evaluation of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services High-risk Indicators for Carotid Endarterectomy	40
Discordance in Total Mesorectal Excision Specimen Grading in a Prospective Phase 2 Multicenter Rectal Cancer Trial	40
Robotic-assisted Proctosigmoidectomy Versus Laparoscopic-assisted Soave Pull-through for Hirschsprung Disease	40
Out-of-Pocket Costs Among Commercially Insured Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity	40

The Upper Extremity Lymphatic System Is Not Symmetrical in Individuals	40
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 Comb	39
Precision Medicine as a Blueprint for Surgical Education	39
The Impact of Molecular Subtyping on Pathological Staging of Pancreatic Cancer	39
Factors Associated With Days Away From Home in the Year After Major Surgery Among Community-living Older Persons	39
Defer, Share, or Drive the Decision	39
Is Standardized Right Hemicolectomy with D2 Lymphadenectomy Enough to Limit Local Recurrence in Adenocarcinoma of the Right Colon?	39
Objective Assessment of Cognitive Workload in Surgery	38
Randomized Prospective Trial of Epidural Analgesia after Open Hepatectomy	38
U.S. Surgical Practice	38
Durability of Practice Change in Hernia Surgery Following De-implementation of Intensive Implementation Strategies	37
Short-term Outcomes After Laparoscopic IPOM Versus Robot-assisted Retromuscular Repair of Small to Medium Ventral Hernias	37
Costs of Care for Operative and Nonoperative Management of Emergency General Surgery Conditions	37
The Conditional Effects of Multimorbidity on Operative Versus Nonoperative Management of Emergency General Surgery Conditions	37
Redefining the Diagnostic Threshold for Breast Cancer-related Lymphedema	37
Defining Benchmark Outcomes for Distal Pancreatectomy	37
Biliary Adverse Events During Neoadjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer	37
Use of Telemedicine for Postdischarge Assessment of the Surgical Wound	37
Opioid Use After Gastric Bypass, Sleeve Gastrectomy or Intensive Lifestyle Intervention	36
Reduced Morbidity and Mortality Associated With Minimally Invasive Single-vessel Coronary Artery Bypass Compared With Conventional Sternotomy	36
Novel Benchmark Values for Redo Liver Transplantation	36
Corporatization in Medicine? No End in Sight	36
Surgical Education	36
Defining Benchmarks for Pelvic Exenteration Surgery	36
Centralization of Pancreaticoduodenectomy	35
Balancing Oversight and Innovation	35
Prospective Multicenter Comprehensive Survey on Male Sexual Dysfunction following Laparoscopic, Robotic, and Transanal Approaches for Rectal Cancer (the LANDMARC Study)	35
Re-Aiming Equity Evaluation in Clinical Decision Support	35
Reoperation for Recurrence is Affected by Type of Mesh in Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair	35
An Ethical Framework for Cost-conscious Surgical Practice	34
Nationwide Outcome after Pancreatoduodenectomy in Patients at Very High Risk (ISGPS-D) for Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula	34
Intraportal Islet Autotransplantation Independently Improves Quality of Life After Total Pancreatectomy in Patients With Chronic Refractory Pancreatitis	34
Invited Commentary on Robotic First Rib Resection: Thoracic Outlet Decompression: Lessons Learned	34
Principles of Pediatric Palliative Surgical Oncology	34
The Joy of Discovery	33
Sex-related Outcomes After Thoracic Endovascular Repair for Intact Isolated Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm	33
Effects of a Pragmatic Home-based Exercise Program Concurrent With Neoadjuvant Therapy on Physical Function of Patients With Pancreatic Cancer: The PancFit Randomized Clinical Trial	33
An Alternative to “Checkmark Credentialing” for Effective Physician Benchmarking and Professional Improvement	33
Assessment of Residual or Resected Disappearing Liver Metastases After Chemotherapy	33
Reevaluating Gendered Language in Surgery	33
European Multicentric Experience With Fenestrated-branched ENDOvascular Stent Grafting After Previous FAILed Infrarenal Aortic Repair	33
The BARIREF Study	32
Refining Bariatric Surgery	32
Hepatectomies under Hypothermic Perfusion of the Liver	32
Road Towards Ambulatory Colectomy	32
Neoadjuvant Sequencing for Early-stage Pancreas Cancer	31
Single-nuclei RNA Profiling Reveals Disruption of Adipokine and Inflammatory Signaling in Adipose Tissue of Burn Patients	31
Postoperative Exercise Training in Patients with Colorectal Liver Metastases A Randomized Controlled Trial	31
Age-specific Increase in Vasopressin-induced Coronary Microvascular Contractile Response in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery	31
Early Interventional Treatment of High Output Chyle Leak After Esophagectomy is Associated With Improved Survival	31
Timing of Antibiotic Prophylaxis Prior to Abdominal Surgery Has No Impact on Infectious Complications	31
Explainable Machine Learning to Bring Database to the Bedside	30
How Volume of Neurosurgical Interventions Impacts Patient Outcomes	30
Safety, Efficacy, and Cost-effectiveness of Outpatient Surgery for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis	30
Local/Regional Recurrence Rates After Breast-Conserving Therapy in Patients Enrolled in Legacy Trials of the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology (AFT-01)	30
Surgeon Coaching: An Important Tool in the Armamentarium Against Burnout?	30
Incidence of Unconfirmed Code Status Documentation in Surgical Patients with Preoperative Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (MOLST)	30
A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Efficacy and Safety of Lytic and Non-lytic Early Thrombus Removal Technologies for Iliofemoral Deep Vein Thrombosis	30
A Surgical Desirability of Outcome Ranking (DOOR) Reveals Complex Relationships Between Race/Ethnicity, Insurance Type, and Neighborhood Deprivation	30
Revisiting Organ Donor Choice in the Circulatory Death Era	30
Optimizing the Management Strategies of Delayed Postpancreaticoduodenectomy Hemorrhage	30
Financial Toxicity in Patients With Resected Lung Cancer	29
Adding Patient-reported Outcomes to the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program	29
Tangential Versus Segmental Portomesenteric Venous Resection During Pancreatoduodenectomy for Pancreatic Cancer	29
Stoma-free Survival After Rectal Cancer Resection With Anastomotic Leakage	29
Effects of Peripheral Nerve Block on Perioperative Recovery Following Major Thoracic and Abdominal Surgery	29
Management of Bile Leak Post Minimally Invasive Subtotal Cholecystectomy	29
Surgeon-reported Factors Influencing Adoption of Quality Standards for Goal-concordant Care in Patients With Advanced Cancer	29
Resection Postradioembolization in Patients With Single Large Hepatocellular Carcinoma	28
“Textbook Outcome” in Endovascular Aortic Repair is Associated With Improved One-year Survival	28
Prophylactic Mesh Placement During Formation of an End-colostomy	28
Noninvasive Artificial Intelligence System for Early Predicting Residual Cancer Burden During Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer	28
Body Mass Index Is Associated With Pediatric Complicated Appendicitis and Postoperative Complications	28
Risk Factor–Targeted Perioperative Care Reduces Anastomotic Leakage After Colorectal Surgery	28
Financial Toxicity in Complex Gastrointestinal Surgery and Correlation With Patient-reported Outcomes	28
A 10-Year Real-world Assessment of Longitudinal Outcomes Following Bailout Procedures for Severe Cholecystitis	28
Commentary: Two Recent Mesothelioma Publications in the Annals of Surgery	28
Single-cell Transcriptomics Reveals Dynamic Role of Smooth Muscle Cells and Enrichment of Immune Cell Subsets in Human Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms	27
First National Effort to Optimize the Performance of Cancer Surgery by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer and Cancer Surgery Standards Program	27
Association of Medicaid Expansion with Reduction in Racial Disparities in the Timely Delivery of Upfront Surgical Care for Patients With Early-Stage Breast Cancer	27

Perception of Treatment Success and Impact on Function with Antibiotics or Appendectomy for Appendicitis	27
From Moral Injury Vulnerability to Protective Equity	27
The Diabetes Remission Index (DRI)	27
Perineural Invasion is an Important Prognostic Factor in Patients With Radically Resected (R0) and Node-negative (pN0) Pancreatic Cancer	27
The Histone Methyltransferase SETDB2 Modulates Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinase–Matrix Metalloproteinase Activity During Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Development	26
Impact of Neighborhood Disadvantage on Tumor Biology and Breast Cancer Survival	26
Missed Diagnosis of Pediatric Appendicitis	26
An Opportunity to Advance Workforce Equity: Surgical Referrals	26
Understanding Surgeon Engagement with Palliative Care Practices for Seriously Ill Patients	26
Long-Term Survival on Extent of Lymphadenectomy for Right-Sided Colon Cancer	26
Routine Imaging After Resection of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma	26
Pancreatic Cancer Patient-derived Organoids Can Predict Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy	26
Real-world Application of Endoscopic Resection for Early-stage Esophageal Cancer	26
Female Patients Have a Reduced Risk of Reoperation for Recurrence After Laparoscopic Groin Hernia Repair	26
Long-term Outcomes Following Resection of Adenocarcinoma Arising from Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm (A-IPMN) Versus Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC)	25
Robotics and the Future of Minimally Invasive Vascular Surgery	25
Metabolic Surgery	25
Liver Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma With Tumor Thrombus in the Inferior Vena Cava or Right Atrium	25
Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Additional Benefit of Pharmacological Thromboprophylaxis for Endovenous Varicose Vein Interventions	25
Multicenter, Prospective Cohort Study of Oesophageal Injuries and Related Clinical Outcomes (MUSOIC study)	25
Non-English Primary Language	25
Portomesenteric Venous Thrombosis after Pancreatic Cancer Surgery with Venous Resection and Reconstruction	25
Conflation of Covariate Adjustments with Causal Effects – The Table 2 Fallacy in Surgical Literature	25
Association Between Storage Time of Transfused Red Blood Cells and Infection After Clean-contaminated Surgery	25
A Call to Action	25
Bridging the Gap	25
Prescriptions for Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Agonists (GLP-1RAs) Before Bariatric Surgery in the US	24
Poor Prognostic Factors in Long-Term Survivors of Resected Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma	24
Pulmonary Open, Robotic, and Thoracoscopic Lobectomy (PORTaL) Study	24
Instrumental in Surgery	24
Safe Implementation of a Next-Generation Surgical Robot	24
Association of Neighborhood Deprivation, Race, and Postoperative Outcomes	24
Association Between Biliary Pathogens, Surgical Site Infection, and Pancreatic Fistula	24
Feasibility of Wedge Resection for Subpleural Hilar Lung Nodules Using CT-guided Hookwire Localization and Ultrasonic Dissection	24
Long-term Outcomes Following Colectomy and Liver Transplantation for Inflammatory Bowel Disease With Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis	24
A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Implementation of BREASTChoice, a Multilevel Breast Reconstruction Decision Support Tool With Personalized Risk Prediction	24
REDISCOVER International Guidelines on the Perioperative Care of Surgical Patients With Borderline-resectable and Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer	24
Pancreatic Fistula and Intraabdominal Fluid Collections after Distal Pancreatectomy	24
“I Just Wish Someone would Take me Very Seriously”	24
Resolution of Secondary Hyperparathyroidism After Kidney Transplantation and the Effect on Graft Survival	24
Robotic Lobectomy Is Cost-effective and Provides Comparable Health Utility Scores to Video-assisted Lobectomy	24
Outcomes of Visceral Arterial Interposition Graft Reconstruction for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer	24
Evolution of Pancreas Transplantation At A Single Institution—50+ Years and 2500 Transplants	23
Recommendations From the International Consensus Conference on Anemia Management in Surgical Patients (ICCAMS)	23
Examination of Race and Ethnicity After Revascularization in the BEST-CLI Trial	23
Risk of Lymph Node Metastasis in T1b Gastric Cancer	23
Trends in Surgical Technique and Outcomes of Ventral Hernia Repair in The United States	23
Delayed Versus Early Laparoscopic Appendectomy for Adult Patients With Acute Appendicitis	23
Defining the Role of Social Vulnerability in the Treatment and Survival of Localized Colon Cancer	23
Making Meaningful Impacts: Centering Breakdowns in Dyadic Communication Processes in Racial Disparities in Surgical Pain Care	23
Cholecystectomy Increases the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in the Korean Population	23
Reduction of Central Venous Pressure in Elective Robotic and Laparoscopic Liver Resection	23
Consequences of a Surveillance Strategy for Side-branch Intraductal Pancreatic Mucinous Neoplasms	23
Postoperative and Pathological Outcomes of CROSS and FLOT as Neoadjuvant Therapy for Esophageal and Junctional Adenocarcinoma	23
View From the Chair	23
Disparities in the Operative Experience: Implicit Bias Infused into Action?	23
Persistent Circulating Tumor Cells at 1 Year After Oncologic Resection Predict Late Recurrence in Pancreatic Cancer	23
Toward Competency-based Medical Education	22
Risk-Benefit Balance of Simultaneous Gastric Bypass or Sleeve Gastrectomy and Concomitant Cholecystectomy	22
Maryland’s Global Budget Revenue Payment Model and Shifts in the Surgical Site of Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries	22
Transforming the Future of Surgeon-Scientists	22
Presbyopia in Surgeons	22
Surrogacy of Recurrence-free Survival for Overall Survival as an Endpoint of Clinical Trials of Perioperative Adjuvant Therapy in Hepatobiliary-pancreatic Cancers	22
Major Pancreatic Resection Increases Bone Mineral Density Loss, Osteoporosis, and Fractures	22
Complexity and Experience Grading to Guide Patient Selection for Minimally Invasive Pancreatoduodenectomy	22
Inter-Rater Agreement of the Classification of Intraoperative Adverse Events (ClassIntra) in Abdominal Surgery	22
Improving Shared Decision-making in Situations of Uncertainty	22
Beyond the Golden Ticket	22
Appendectomy and Long-term Colorectal Cancer Incidence, Overall and by Tumor Fusobacterium nucleatum Status	22
Novel Gene-Modified Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy Reverses Impaired Wound Healing in Ischemic Limbs	22
Uptake of Robotic Appendectomy	22
Association Between Neighborhood Air Pollution and Outcomes After Common Surgical Procedures	21
Feasibility and Safety of a “Shared Care” Model in Complex Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery	21
Association of Recurrence with a Tumor-informed Personalized ctDNA Detection Approach in Resectable Colorectal Cancer	21
Five-year Survival after McKeown Compared to Ivor-Lewis Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer	21
Inpatient Satisfaction With Surgical Resident Care After Elective General and Oncologic Surgery	21
The Impact of Trauma Center Care on One-Year Outcomes Among Injured Older Adults	21
Living Donor Liver Transplantation With Augmented Venous Outflow and Splenectomy: A Promised Land for Small Left Lobe Grafts: Erratum	21
Living in a Disadvantaged NYC Neighborhood Is Associated With Poorly Differentiated Breast Cancer and Shorter Breast Cancer-specific Survival	21
Age Matters	21
Minimum and Optimal CA19-9 Response After Two Months Induction Chemotherapy in Patients With Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer	21
The Student’s Overture	21
Transplant-Eligible Colorectal Liver Metastasis Patients Treated with Hepatic Artery Infusion Pump – A Retrospective Cohort Study	21
Dynamic Pathology of Enteric Neural Network Using Curcumin-assisted Multiphoton Laser Imaging in Hirschsprung Disease	21
Proteomic Profiling of Hypoplastic Lungs Suggests an Underlying Inflammatory Response in the Pathogenesis of Abnormal Lung Development in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia	21
Fully Robotic Left Lobe Donor Hepatectomy Is Safer Compared to Open	20
Transplantation for Nonresectable Colorectal Liver Metastases: Long-Term Follow-Up of the First Prospective Pilot Study	20
Trauma Activation Fees Among For-profit and Nonprofit Trauma Centers	20
Postpancreatectomy Hemorrhage: Risk Factors and Outcomes	20
Surgeon Fear in the Operating Room and Its Link to Identity	20
Review Paper on Penetrating Brain Injury	20
Severity Grading Systems for Intraoperative Adverse Events. A Systematic Review of the Literature and Citation Analysis	20
Predicting Long-term Disease-free Survival After Resection of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma	20
Risk Perceptions and Risk Thresholds Among Surgeons in the Management of Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms	20
Coaching Program to Address Burnout, Well-being, and Professional Development in Pediatric Surgery Trainees	20