Annals of Surgery

Papers
(The TQCC of Annals of Surgery is 9. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Ductal Cancerization at the Pancreatic Neck Margin228
Recurrence Following Operative vs. Non-Operative Management of Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction in Children141
Validation of the PANAMA Score for Survival and Benefit of Adjuvant Therapy in Patients With Resected Pancreatic Cancer after Neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX124
Association of Socioeconomic Status, Sex, Racial, and Ethnic Identity With Sustained and Cultivated Careers in Surgery115
Navigating the Surgeon-Scientist Path in Health Services Research114
The Impact of Low Workplace Support During Pregnancy on Surgeon Distress and Career Dissatisfaction113
Lessons From Social Psychology to Improve the Implementation and Use of the Surgical Safety Checklist in the Operating Room111
Predictive Value of KLASS-02-QC Assessment Score on KLASS-02 Surgical Outcomes99
Revolutionizing Liver Transplantation93
Comparison of Short-term and Three-year Oncological Outcomes Between Robotic and Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer88
Recurrent Disease After Esophageal Cancer Surgery88
Efficacy of Neoadjuvant Therapy and the Prognostic Significance of Serum Carcinoembryonic Antigen Level in Patients with Localized Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma with Non-elevated Carbohydrate Antigen 19-984
A Guide for Implementing Surgeon Resilience Initiatives: An Example of Surgical Peer Support80
Operative Team Familiarity and Specialization at an Academic Medical Center77
Errors in Surgery77
Updated Alternative Fistula Risk Score (ua-FRS) to Include Minimally Invasive Pancreatoduodenectomy: Pan-European Validation71
“I Came up Short on the Academic Ladder”69
Management of Post COVID Tracheal Stenosis: A New Twist on an Old Problem66
Influence of Socioeconomic Deprivation on Surgical Outcomes for Patients With Sigmoid Diverticulitis in France65
When Getting Bigger is Too Big58
Competency, Proficiency, and Mastery58
Effect of Thoracic Surgery Regionalization on 1- and 3-Year Survival after Cancer Esophagectomy58
Structural Racism and Breast Cancer-specific Survival58
Association of Health Professional Shortage Area Hospital Designation With Surgical Outcomes and Expenditures Among Medicare Beneficiaries58
Postoperative Overtriage to an Intensive Care Unit Is Associated With Low Value of Care57
Microbiome Dysbiosis With Enterococcus Presence in the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Is a Risk Factor for Mortality in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer56
Equity in Pay54
Improvement of the Natural Progression of Extremity Lymphedema Treated With Lymphatic Microsurgery53
Postoperative Complications and Mobilization Following Major Abdominal Surgery With Versus Without Fitness Tracker-based Feedback (EXPELLIARMUS)53
Real-world Decision-making Process for Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Versus Minimally Invasive Surgery in Early-stage Lung Cancer Patients52
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 Tec49
Health System Structure48
Goal-directed Perioperative Albumin Substitution Versus Standard of Care to Reduce Postoperative Complications47
Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness Among US Trauma Centers47
Implementation of a Surgical Critical Care Service Reduces Failure to Rescue in Emergency Gastrointestinal Surgery in Rural Kenya47
Outcomes for Gastrointestinal Oncologic Surgery Episodes in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced Program46
Full Robotic Whole Graft Liver Transplantation46
Timing of a Major Operative Intervention After a Positive COVID-19 Test Affects Postoperative Mortality46
Functional Outcomes After Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision (taTME) for Rectal Cancer45
Efficacy of Strategies Intended to Prevent Surgical Site Infection After Lower Limb Revascularization Surgery44
Survival Outcomes and Clinicopathological Features in Inflammatory Bowel Disease-associated Colorectal Cancer44
Impact of Community Socioeconomic Distress on Survival Following Heart Transplantation43
Ex Vivo Liver Resection and Autotransplantation42
Financial Toxicity Among Surgical Patients Varies by Income and Insurance42
Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping in Breast Cancer Patients Through Fluorescent Imaging Using Indocyanine Green41
Variation in Anesthesiology Provider–Volume for Complex Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery41
Strategic Planning and Essential Steps for Establishing a Uterine Transplant and Rehabilitation Program41
Tumor Mutational Burden From Circulating Tumor DNA Predicts Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Resection41
Association Between Surgeon and Anesthesiologist Sex Discordance and Postoperative Outcomes40
Telesurgery40
The AUGIS Survival Predictor: Prediction of Long-Term and Conditional Survival After Esophagectomy Using Random Survival Forests40
The #HOPE4LIVER single-arm Pivotal Trial for Histotripsy of Primary and Metastatic Liver Tumors40
Defer, Share, or Drive the Decision: Empowering Patients with Varied Preferences to Engage in Decision-making (an Analysis from Alliance A231701CD)39
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Among Medicare Beneficiaries in Health Professional Shortage Areas39
What’s Behind it all: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Retrogastric Pancreatic Necrosis Management39
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 Comb39
Results of a Decade of Work by Surgeons and Researchers Nationwide to Reduce the Impact of Surgery on the Opioid Epidemic39
Comment on: “Effects of Community-based Exercise Prehabilitation for Patients Scheduled for Colorectal Surgery with High Risk for Postoperative Complications: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial”38
Use of Telemedicine for Postdischarge Assessment of the Surgical Wound38
Perioperative Renin–Angiotensin System Inhibitors Improve Major Outcomes of Heart Failure Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery37
Impact of Hospital Affiliation With a Flagship Hospital System on Surgical Outcomes37
Rate of Emergency Lower Extremity Amputations in the United States Among Medicare Beneficiaries37
Precision Medicine as a Blueprint for Surgical Education36
Optimal Treatment Strategies for cT2 Staged Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus and the Gastroesophageal Junction35
Factors Associated With Days Away From Home in the Year After Major Surgery Among Community-living Older Persons35
First in Man35
Opioid Use After Gastric Bypass, Sleeve Gastrectomy or Intensive Lifestyle Intervention34
Anatomic Lung Resection Outcomes After Implementation of a Universal Thoracic ERAS Protocol Across a Diverse Health Care System34
Patient-Reported Symptom Burden Associated with Treatment Modality for Malignant Bowel Obstruction34
The Impact of Molecular Subtyping on Pathological Staging of Pancreatic Cancer34
Evaluating the Impact of Robotic IPAA33
Can Women Surgeons Have It All? If Not Now, When?33
At the Intersection of Intersectionality33
Discordance in Total Mesorectal Excision Specimen Grading in a Prospective Phase 2 Multicenter Rectal Cancer Trial33
Outcomes of Surgery for Endograft Infection in the Abdominal Aorta and Iliac Artery32
U.S. Surgical Practice31
Intraportal Islet Autotransplantation Independently Improves Quality of Life After Total Pancreatectomy in Patients With Chronic Refractory Pancreatitis31
Randomized Prospective Trial of Epidural Analgesia after Open Hepatectomy31
Predictors of Neurodevelopmental Impairment After Intestinal Resection for Necrotizing Enterocolitis31
Continuous Glucose Monitoring Reveals Perioperative Hypoglycemia in Most Patients With Diabetes Undergoing Major Surgery31
New Persistent Opioid Use After Surgery: A Risk Factor for Opioid Use Disorder?31
Understanding and Investigating Access to Surgical Care31
Out-of-Pocket Costs Among Commercially Insured Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity31
Robotic Liver Transplantation31
Defining Benchmarks for Pelvic Exenteration Surgery31
Biliary Adverse Events During Neoadjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer31
Reduced Morbidity and Mortality Associated With Minimally Invasive Single-vessel Coronary Artery Bypass Compared With Conventional Sternotomy30
Corporatization in Medicine? No End in Sight30
Costs of Care for Operative and Nonoperative Management of Emergency General Surgery Conditions30
Principles of Pediatric Palliative Surgical Oncology30
A Contemporary Evaluation of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services High-risk Indicators for Carotid Endarterectomy29
“What’s a Win”29
Surgical Education29
Interdisciplinary Operating Room Ergonomics Needs and Priorities29
The Conditional Effects of Multimorbidity on Operative Versus Nonoperative Management of Emergency General Surgery Conditions28
Defining Benchmark Outcomes for Distal Pancreatectomy28
Centralization of Pancreaticoduodenectomy28
Short-term Outcomes After Laparoscopic IPOM Versus Robot-assisted Retromuscular Repair of Small to Medium Ventral Hernias28
Combined Liver Transplant and Cardiac Surgery28
Prospective Multicenter Comprehensive Survey on Male Sexual Dysfunction following Laparoscopic, Robotic, and Transanal Approaches for Rectal Cancer (the LANDMARC Study)28
Objective Assessment of Cognitive Workload in Surgery28
Financial Toxicity in Surgery28
Defining and Studying Errors in Surgical Care28
Nationwide Outcome after Pancreatoduodenectomy in Patients at Very High Risk (ISGPS-D) for Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula27
Reoperation for Recurrence is Affected by Type of Mesh in Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair27
Re-Aiming Equity Evaluation in Clinical Decision Support27
Reevaluating Gendered Language in Surgery27
Novel Benchmark Values for Redo Liver Transplantation27
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Directed Surgical Decision Making for Lateral Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection in Rectal Cancer After Total Neoadjuvant Therapy (TNT)27
Invited Commentary on Robotic First Rib Resection: Thoracic Outlet Decompression: Lessons Learned27
Sex-related Outcomes After Thoracic Endovascular Repair for Intact Isolated Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm27
The Upper Extremity Lymphatic System Is Not Symmetrical in Individuals27
Robotic-assisted Proctosigmoidectomy Versus Laparoscopic-assisted Soave Pull-through for Hirschsprung Disease27
Surgeon Coaching: An Important Tool in the Armamentarium Against Burnout?27
Perception of Treatment Success and Impact on Function with Antibiotics or Appendectomy for Appendicitis27
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 Study26
The Joy of Discovery26
Single-nuclei RNA Profiling Reveals Disruption of Adipokine and Inflammatory Signaling in Adipose Tissue of Burn Patients26
Association Between Surgical Opioid Prescriptions and Opioid Initiation by Opioid-naïve Spouses26
Invited Commentary: Attrition From a National Surgical Training Program: A Qualitative Analysis26
From Moral Injury Vulnerability to Protective Equity25
Effects of Peripheral Nerve Block on Perioperative Recovery Following Major Thoracic and Abdominal Surgery25
Resection Postradioembolization in Patients With Single Large Hepatocellular Carcinoma25
Financial Toxicity in Complex Gastrointestinal Surgery and Correlation with Patient Reported Outcomes25
An Ethical Framework for Cost-conscious Surgical Practice25
The Diabetes Remission Index (DRI)25
Comment on “The Compounding Access Problem for Surgical Care: Innovations in the Post-COVID Era”24
Prophylactic Mesh Placement During Formation of an End-colostomy24
A 10-year Real World Assessment of Longitudinal Outcomes Following Bailout Procedures for Severe Cholecystitis24
Neoadjuvant Sequencing for Early-stage Pancreas Cancer24
Management of Bile Leak Post Minimally Invasive Subtotal Cholecystectomy24
A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Efficacy and Safety of Lytic and Non-lytic Early Thrombus Removal Technologies for Iliofemoral Deep Vein Thrombosis24
Explainable Machine Learning to Bring Database to the Bedside24
How Volume of Neurosurgical Interventions Impacts Patient Outcomes24
Tangential Versus Segmental Portomesenteric Venous Resection During Pancreatoduodenectomy for Pancreatic Cancer23
Safety, Efficacy, and Cost-effectiveness of Outpatient Surgery for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis23
Postoperative Exercise Training in Patients with Colorectal Liver Metastases A Randomized Controlled Trial23
Professionalism of Admitting and Consulting Services and Trauma Patient Outcomes23
Commentary23
Timing of Antibiotic Prophylaxis Prior to Abdominal Surgery Has No Impact on Infectious Complications23
Effects of a Pragmatic Home-based Exercise Program Concurrent With Neoadjuvant Therapy on Physical Function of Patients With Pancreatic Cancer: The PancFit Randomized Clinical Trial23
Body Mass Index Is Associated With Pediatric Complicated Appendicitis and Postoperative Complications23
Cross-mentorship23
European Multicentric Experience With Fenestrated-branched ENDOvascular Stent Grafting After Previous FAILed Infrarenal Aortic Repair23
An Alternative to “Checkmark Credentialing” for Effective Physician Benchmarking and Professional Improvement23
Age-specific Increase in vasopressin-induced Coronary Microvascular Contractile Response in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery23
Financial Toxicity in Patients With Resected Lung Cancer23
Early Interventional Treatment of High Output Chyle Leak After Esophagectomy is Associated With Improved Survival23
Stoma-free Survival After Rectal Cancer Resection With Anastomotic Leakage22
Surgeon-reported Factors Influencing Adoption of Quality Standards for Goal-concordant Care in Patients With Advanced Cancer22
Road Towards Ambulatory Colectomy. Patient Outcomes and Experience During a Feasibility Study22
Optimizing the Management Strategies of Delayed Post-Pancreaticoduodenectomy Hemorrhage22
Refining Bariatric Surgery22
Association of Medicaid Expansion with Reduction in Racial Disparities in the Timely Delivery of Upfront Surgical Care for Patients With Early-Stage Breast Cancer22
Association of County-level Upward Economic Mobility with Stage at Diagnosis and Receipt of Treatment Among Patients Diagnosed with Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma22
First National Effort to Optimize the Performance of Cancer Surgery by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer and Cancer Surgery Standards Program22
A Surgical Desirability of Outcome Ranking (DOOR) Reveals Complex Relationships Between Race/Ethnicity, Insurance Type, and Neighborhood Deprivation21
The Histone Methyltransferase SETDB2 Modulates Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinase–Matrix Metalloproteinase Activity During Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Development21
Assessment of Residual or Resected Disappearing Liver Metastases After Chemotherapy21
Noninvasive Artificial Intelligence System for Early Predicting Residual Cancer Burden During Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer21
Oncological Outcomes After Anastomotic Leakage After Surgery for Colon or Rectal Cancer21
Pancreatic Cancer Patient-derived Organoids Can Predict Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy21
Perineural Invasion is an Important Prognostic Factor in Patients With Radically Resected (R0) and Node-negative (pN0) Pancreatic Cancer21
Single-cell Transcriptomics Reveals Dynamic Role of Smooth Muscle Cells and Enrichment of Immune Cell Subsets in Human Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms21
Adding Patient-reported Outcomes to the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program21
Risk Factor Targeted Perioperative Care Reduces Anastomotic Leakage after Colorectal Surgery21
Non-English Primary Language21
Multicenter, Prospective Cohort Study of Oesophageal Injuries and Related Clinical Outcomes (MUSOIC study)20
Decreasing Trends in Intestinal Resection and Re-resection in Crohn's Disease: A Nationwide Cohort Study: Erratum20
An Opportunity to Advance Workforce Equity: Surgical Referrals20
Instrumental in Surgery20
Reduction of Central Venous Pressure in Elective Robotic and Laparoscopic Liver Resection20
Missed Diagnosis of Pediatric Appendicitis20
Real-world Application of Endoscopic Resection for Early-stage Esophageal Cancer20
Liver Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma With Tumor Thrombus in the Inferior Vena Cava or Right Atrium20
Association Between Storage Time of Transfused Red Blood Cells and Infection After Clean-contaminated Surgery20
Working Definitions of “Critical Portions”20
Bridging the Gap20
Long-term Outcomes following Resection of Adenocarcinoma Arising from Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm (A-IPMN) versus Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC)20
Persistent Circulating Tumor Cells at 1 Year After Oncologic Resection Predict Late Recurrence in Pancreatic Cancer19
Metabolic Surgery19
Female Patients Have a Reduced Risk of Reoperation for Recurrence After Laparoscopic Groin Hernia Repair19
Long-term Functional Outcomes Among Older Adults Undergoing Video-assisted Versus Open Surgery for Lung Cancer19
Birth of a Healthy Baby 9 Years After a Surgically Successful Deceased Donor Uterus Transplant19
“I Just Wish Someone would Take me Very Seriously”19
Imaging-based Machine-learning Models to Predict Clinical Outcomes and Identify Biomarkers in Pancreatic Cancer19
Association of Neighborhood Deprivation, Race, and Postoperative Outcomes19
Defining the Role of Social Vulnerability in the Treatment and Survival of Localized Colon Cancer19
Routine Imaging After Resection of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma19
Impact of Neighborhood Disadvantage on Tumor Biology and Breast Cancer Survival19
Evolution of Pancreas Transplantation At A Single Institution—50+ Years and 2500 Transplants19
Long-term Outcomes Following Colectomy and Liver Transplantation for Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis18
Pancreatic Fistula and Intraabdominal Fluid Collections after Distal Pancreatectomy18
Poor Prognostic Factors in Long-Term Survivors of Resected Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma18
Postoperative and Pathological Outcomes of CROSS and FLOT as Neoadjuvant Therapy for Esophageal and Junctional Adenocarcinoma18
Portomesenteric Venous Thrombosis after Pancreatic Cancer Surgery with Venous Resection and Reconstruction18
A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Implementation of BREASTChoice, a Multilevel Breast Reconstruction Decision Support Tool With Personalized Risk Prediction18
Outcomes of Visceral Arterial Interposition Graft Reconstruction for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer18
Hepatic Artery Infusion Pumps18
A Call to Action18
REDISCOVER International Guidelines on the Perioperative Care of Surgical Patients With Borderline-resectable and Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer18
Consequences of a Surveillance Strategy for Side-branch Intraductal Pancreatic Mucinous Neoplasms18
Robotic Lobectomy Is Cost-effective and Provides Comparable Health Utility Scores to Video-assisted Lobectomy18
Beyond the Binary: Considerations About Gender-affirming Care for the General Surgeon18
Resolution of Secondary Hyperparathyroidism After Kidney Transplantation and the Effect on Graft Survival18
Association Between Biliary Pathogens, Surgical Site Infection, and Pancreatic Fistula18
Pulmonary Open, Robotic, and Thoracoscopic Lobectomy (PORTaL) Study18
Delayed Versus Early Laparoscopic Appendectomy for Adult Patients With Acute Appendicitis18
Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Additional Benefit of Pharmacological Thromboprophylaxis for Endovenous Varicose Vein Interventions18
Safe Implementation of a Next-Generation Surgical Robot18
Retrospective Analysis of Retroperitoneal-Abdominal-Pelvic Ganglioneuromas17
View From the Chair17
Making Meaningful Impacts: Centering Breakdowns in Dyadic Communication Processes in Racial Disparities in Surgical Pain Care17
Maryland’s Global Budget Revenue Payment Model and Shifts in the Surgical Site of Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries17
Surgeon Fear in the Operating Room and Its Link to Identity; A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study17
Risk of Lymph Node Metastasis in T1b Gastric Cancer17
The Impact of Magnetic Sphincter Augmentation (MSA) on Esophagogastric Junction (EGJ) and Esophageal Body Physiology and Manometric Characteristics17
The Student’s Overture17
Severity Grading Systems for Intraoperative Adverse Events. A Systematic Review of the Literature and Citation Analysis17
Feasibility and Safety of a “Shared Care” Model in Complex Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery17
Extending Trauma Quality Improvement Beyond Trauma Centers17
The Near-Infrared Visualization and Preemptive Ligation of the Thoracic Duct Effectively Reduce the Chyle Leak Incidence After Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy17
Recommendations From the International Consensus Conference on Anemia Management in Surgical Patients (ICCAMS)17
Living Donor Liver Transplantation With Augmented Venous Outflow and Splenectomy: A Promised Land for Small Left Lobe Grafts: Erratum17
Response to Letter to Editor17
Comment on: Routine Postsurgical Anesthesia Visit to Improve 30-Day Morbidity and Mortality: A Multicenter, Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Interventional Study (the TRACE Study)17
Dynamic Pathology of Enteric Neural Network using Curcumin-assisted Multiphoton Laser Imaging in Hirschsprung Disease17
Prevalence and Incidence of Oral Benzodiazepine Use in Hospitalized Surgical Patients17
Trends in Surgical Technique and Outcomes of Ventral Hernia Repair in The United States17
Review Paper on Penetrating Brain Injury16
Validation of the IASLC Residual Tumor Classification in Patients With Stage III-N2 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Undergoing Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Followed By Surgery16
Low Pneumoperitoneum Pressure Reduces Gas Embolism During Laparoscopic Liver Resection16
Age Matters16
Radical Minimally Invasive Surgery After Immuno-chemotherapy in Initially-unresectable Stage IIIB Non-small cell Lung Cancer16
Predicting Long-term Disease-free Survival After Resection of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma16
Discrimination Toward Women Surgeons in the Workplace Through an Intersectional Lens16
Beyond the Surgical Safety Checklist16
Novel Gene-Modified Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy Reverses Impaired Wound Healing in Ischemic Limbs16
Complexity and Experience Grading to Guide Patient Selection for Minimally Invasive Pancreatoduodenectomy16
Five-year Survival after McKeown Compared to Ivor-Lewis Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer16
How to Establish Benchmarks for Surgical Outcomes?16
Inter-Rater Agreement of the Classification of Intraoperative Adverse Events (ClassIntra) in Abdominal Surgery16
Improving Shared Decision-making in Situations of Uncertainty16
Comment on ‘‘Comparative Effectiveness of Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy Versus Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Diabetes Treatment: A Claims-based Cohort Study’’ or Why Gastric Bypass Might Not be a Good Ch16
Cholecystectomy Increases the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in the Korean Population16
Early Cold Stored Platelet Transfusion Following Severe Injury16
Graft Inflow Modulation by Splenic Artery Ligation for Portal Hyperperfusion Does Not Decrease Rates of Early Allograft Dysfunction in Adult Live Donor Liver Transplantation16
Salvage of Declined Extended-criteria DCD Livers Using In Situ Normothermic Regional Perfusion16
Long-term Outcomes of Firearm Injury Survivors in the United States16
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