OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Canadian Journal 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Excellence des soins infirmiers en temps de crise sanitaire	85
Desmond Beall — a Canadian’s contribution to understanding rhabdomyolysis	45
COVID-19 and the duration of operating room procedures in Ontario: a population-based retrospective study	37
Gender-based differences in letters of recommendation in applications for general surgery residency programs in Canada	25
Technical considerations in the management of penetrating cardiac injury	21
Leveraging financial incentives and behavioural economics to engage physicians in achieving quality-improvement process measures	19
Outcomes and experiences of Indigenous patients in Newfoundland and Labrador’s bariatric surgery program: a pilot study	19
Correction to: Decolonizing global surgery — Bethune Round Table, 2022 Conference on Global Surgery, abstract on creating concise reference videos for a low-resource Essential Surgical Skills Training	18
Orthopedic surgeons’ transition into full-time practice over the last 20 years: an analysis using Ministry of Health billing data	16
Gender representation in professorship and research productivity across all surgical specialties in Canadian academic institutions	15
Implementation, results and face validity of the Consultation and Relational Empathy measure in a Canadian department of surgery	15
Use of multidisciplinary positive deviance seminars to improve efficiency in a high-volume arthroplasty practice: a pilot study	15
Correction: Improving value and access to specialty medical care for families: a pediatric surgery telehealth program	15
Silicon scalpels or artificial surgeons: What is coming for our jobs?	14
Position statement: management of proximal humerus fractures	14
Thoracic duct embolization via chest tube for a patient with postoperative traumatic chylothorax	13
Chirurgie rurale : appel à la réflexion stratégique pour un service essentiel	13
Risk factors for exocrine pancreatic insufficiency after pancreatic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis	13
Modes of failure of hip hemiarthroplasty for femoral neck fracture	12
The role of routine groin ultrasonography in the management of inguinal hernia	12
Health care costs after total knee arthroplasty for satisfied and dissatisfied patients	12
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gunshot injuries at a level-1 trauma centre: a retrospective study on a 5-year period	12
Clinical characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine-related acute appendicitis	11
Correction to: “Incidence and timing of postoperative complications after total hip and knee arthroplasty”	11
A mixed-method study evaluating an innovative care model for rural patients undergoing outpatient breast surgery	11

IA et chirurgie : Terminator ou occasion en or?	10
Position statement: nonoperative management of lateral epicondylitis in adults	10
Surgical sexism in Canada: structural bias in reimbursement of surgical care for women	10
Comparing 1-year and 10-year whole blood metal ion results following Birmingham hip resurfacing for osteoarthritis	10
Association between immigration status and total knee arthroplasty outcomes in Ontario, Canada: a population-based matched cohort study	10
Surgical practice patterns and outcomes in T2 and T3 gallbladder cancer: a population-based study	10
Outcomes and motives for not proceeding with the second stage bilateral knee replacement: a comparison of cancelled and completed bilateral total knee arthroplasty	10
Strategies to reduce out-of-pocket medication costs for Canadians with peripheral arterial disease	10
Le balado Cold Steel : bilan des 125 premiers épisodes	10
Augmented-reality–guided insertion of sliding hip screw guidewire: a preclinical investigation	10
Defining the Canadian rural general surgeon	9
Surgeon perspectives on surgical wait times and the single-entry model: challenges and opportunities for equitable access in a Canadian health care system	9
The impact of robotic rectal cancer surgery at a Canadian regional cancer centre: a retrospective cohort study	9
Variations in the use of cemented implants for hip fracture repair in Nova Scotia, Canada	9
Role of prolonged packing in postoperative anorectal abscess management: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Episode-of-care costs of total hip arthroplasty: day surgery versus same-day admission	9
Does the type of biomesh influence recurrence in abdominal wall reconstruction? A long-term follow-up to a randomized controlled trial	9
Mechanical versus bioprosthetic valves in chronic dialysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
The Yukon data are incorrect	9
Safety of expedited-surgery protocols in anticoagulant-treated patients with hip fracture: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Time for health care to be political	8
Incidence and timing of postoperative complications after total hip and knee arthroplasty	8
A qualitative assessment of perceptions and attitudes toward postoperative pain and opioid use in patients undergoing elective knee arthroscopy	8
Correction: Clinical practice guideline: evidence, recommendations and algorithm for the preoperative optimization of anemia, hyperglycemic and smoking	8
Canadian Spine Society	8
Cost comparison of orthopedic sports medicine procedures in an ambulatory surgical centre and a hospital outpatient department	8
Analyzing the temporal trends of kidney transplantation surgeries and their impact on warm and cold ischemia time in a Canadian setting	8
Should we be on the cusp of a major change in continued medical education?	8
How do we encourage and promote a culture of surgical innovation?	8
Serrated polyps and polyposis of the colon: a brief review for surgeon endoscopists	7
An analysis of bundled care funding for total hip and knee arthroplasty in Ontario, Canada: a population-based retrospective cohort study	7
Failure to rescue in emergency general surgery in Canada	7
Pouvons-nous enfin apprendre à récupérer? La chirurgie, un milieu périlleux	7
Preoperative diagnosis and management of inherited bleeding disorders in female adolescents and adults	7
Appropriate scenarios for the prevention of postoperative pancreatic fistula	7
Continuity of primary care and emergency department visits following knee and hip replacement surgery: a retrospective cohort study	7
Saskatchewan: Canada’s first provincial department of surgery	7
What does professionalism really mean in the contemporary surgical landscape?	7
Tying measurement to action in equity, diversity, and inclusion work in academic surgical departments	7
Intraoperative radiation exposure in a level 1 trauma centre orthopedic operating room	7
Evidence-based treatment of Achilles tendon rupture	6
A regional effort: the current landscape of inguinal hernia repair and postoperative opioid prescription practices in Eastern Ontario	6
Relation between surgical oncologic quality indicators for papillary thyroid cancer	6
Ambulatory surgery centres: a potential solution to a chronic problem	6
Validation of the Subgroups for Targeted Treatment for Back (STarT Back) screening tool at a tertiary care centre	6
Canadian considerations on updating the age of initiation for colorectal cancer screening in individuals at average risk	6
The impact of COVID-19 on surgical education: perspectives from Canadian general surgery residents	6
Reasons for 90-day emergency department visits after primary knee arthroplasty	6
Coronary endarterectomy in patients with diffuse coronary artery disease: assessment of graft patency with computed tomography angiography	6
Five-year outcomes after surgery for class 1 obesity: a retrospective analysis of a Canadian bariatric centre’s experience	6

Complications of cerebrospinal fluid drainage in thoracoabdominal aortic procedures	6
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on non–small-cell lung cancer pathologic stage and presentation	5
The hidden epidemiology of trauma in Nunavik: a call for a dedicated trauma registry	5
Evaluation of a tiered operating room strategy at an academic centre: comparing high-efficiency and conventional operating rooms	5
Traumatic primary pulmonary thrombosis: injury and treatment patterns of a distinct clinical entity	5
Where to start? Injury prevention priority scores for traumatic injuries in Canada	5
It all doesn’t always have to go: abdominal wall reconstruction involving selective synthetic mesh explantation with biologic mesh salvage	5
Survival after surgery for spinal metastases: a population-based study	5
Screening Criteria Evaluation for Expansion in Pulmonary Neoplasias (SCREEN) II	5
Increasing the capacity of general surgeons practising outside of major centres	5
Should advanced donor age be a deterrent in the utilization of grafts from donation after cardiac death in deceased donor liver transplantation? The Toronto experience	5
Pourquoi ignore-t-on encore l’équité entre les genres en chirurgie?	5
Evaluating the scope of rural general surgery in British Columbia	5
Water-soluble contrast in the management of adhesive small-bowel obstruction: a Canadian centre’s experience with guideline development and implementation	5
Cost and safety of inpatient versus outpatient open reduction internal fixation of isolated ankle fractures	5
2021 Canadian Surgery Forum	5
Degenerative spinal conditions requiring emergency surgery: an evolving crisis in a publicly funded health care system	5
Comment encourager et promouvoir l’innovation en chirurgie?	5
Surgical site complications in kidney transplant recipients: incidence, risk factors and outcomes in the modern era	5
Intersection entre COVID-19 et système de santé public au Canada : Que réserve l’avenir aux patients en attente d’une chirurgie et aux professionnels de la santé laissés pour compte?	4
Comparing resident operative volumes for routine general surgery cases at academic, urban community, and rural training sites	4
In memoriam: Professor Sir Roy Yorke Calne, MB, FRCS, FRS, FRCSC, Dec. 30, 1930, to Jan. 6, 2024	4
Re-excision rates after breast-conserving surgery for invasive breast cancer: an Albertan perspective	4
Impact of outpatient total hip or knee replacement on informal caregivers at home: a scoping review	4
Position statement: management of rotator cuff tears in adults	4
Yield of routine staging laparoscopy in patients with gastric cancer in Alberta, Canada	4
The epidemiology of early deep vein thrombosis in kidney transplant recipients	4
Improving the quality of care of Canadians waiting for elective surgery: an important health care priority	4
Intensity of hospital resource use following traumatic brain injury: a multicentre cohort study, 2013–2016	4
Clinical and patient-reported outcomes in oncoplastic breast conservation surgery from a single surgeon’s practice in a busy community hospital in Canada	4
Curriculum matrix development for a hepato-pancreato-biliary robotic surgery fellowship	4
Intraoperative parathormone monitoring to predict operative success in patients with normohormonal hyperparathyroidism	4
Birmingham Hip Resurfacing for osteoarthritis — a Canadian retrospective cohort study with a minimum 10-year follow-up	4
Cholecystectomy following endoscopic clearance of common bile duct during the same admission	4
Premortem anticoagulation timing and dose in donation after circulatory death: multicentre study of associations with graft function	4
Longitudinal survival trends of patients with cancer with surgically managed appendicular metastatic bone disease: systematic review	4
Lymph node mapping in gastric cancer: a pilot study in Western patients	4