OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Surgery is 34. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
US national trends in bariatric surgery: A decade of study	96
The association of neighborhood social vulnerability with surgical textbook outcomes among patients undergoing hepatopancreatic surgery	85
Computer vision in surgery	84
Perioperative SARS-CoV-2 infections increase mortality, pulmonary complications, and thromboembolic events: A Dutch, multicenter, matched-cohort clinical study	81
Profiles in social vulnerability: The association of social determinants of health with postoperative surgical outcomes	73
Current state of intraoperative use of near infrared fluorescence for parathyroid identification and preservation	69
Periarterial divestment in pancreatic cancer surgery	68
Learning curve of laparoscopic and robotic pancreas resections: a systematic review	68
The likely economic impact of fewer elective surgical procedures on US hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic	63
A review of gender affirmation surgery: What we know, and what we need to know	60
DElayed COloRectal cancer care during COVID-19 Pandemic (DECOR-19): Global perspective from an international survey	55
Impact of visitor restriction rules on the postoperative experience of COVID-19 negative patients undergoing surgery	54
Gender distribution among surgical journals’ editorial boards: Empowering women surgeon scientists	45
Comparison of the transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy vestibular approach and open thyroidectomy: A propensity score–matched analysis of surgical outcomes and safety in the treatment of papillary thyro	43
Acute arterial and deep venous thromboembolism in COVID-19 patients: Risk factors and personalized therapy	42
Socioeconomic risk-adjustment with the Area Deprivation Index predicts surgical morbidity and cost	42
Deep learning-based computer vision to recognize and classify suturing gestures in robot-assisted surgery	42
Extrathyroidal extension predicts negative clinical outcomes in papillary thyroid cancer	41
The future surgical training paradigm: Virtual reality and machine learning in surgical education	41
Does near-infrared fluorescent cholangiography with indocyanine green reduce bile duct injuries and conversions to open surgery during laparoscopic or robotic cholecystectomy? — A meta-analysis	40
Whole blood at the tip of the spear: A retrospective cohort analysis of warm fresh whole blood resuscitation versus component therapy in severely injured combat casualties	40
Postoperative hyperamylasemia (POH) and acute pancreatitis after pancreatoduodenectomy (POAP): State of the art and systematic review	40
Hyperamylasemia and acute pancreatitis after pancreatoduodenectomy: Two different entities	40
Pulmonary lobectomy for cancer: Systematic review and network meta-analysis comparing open, video-assisted thoracic surgery, and robotic approach	40
Evidence Map of Pancreatic Surgery–A living systematic review with meta-analyses by the International Study Group of Pancreatic Surgery (ISGPS)	40

Transplantation of declined livers after normothermic perfusion	39
The environmental impact of surgery: A systematic review	39
Transatlantic registries of pancreatic surgery in the United States of America, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden: Comparing design, variables, patients, treatment strategies, and outcomes	38
Periadventitial dissection of the superior mesenteric artery for locally advanced pancreatic cancer: Surgical planning with the “halo sign” and “string sign”	37
A prospective randomized controlled trial to assess the efficacy and safety of prophylactic central compartment lymph node dissection in papillary thyroid carcinoma	37
Where did the patients go? Changes in acute appendicitis presentation and severity of illness during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: A retrospective cohort study	36
Textbook oncologic outcome is associated with increased overall survival after esophagectomy	35
Clinical significance of postoperative acute pancreatitis after pancreatoduodenectomy and distal pancreatectomy	35
Not all Whipple procedures are equal: Proposal for a classification of pancreatoduodenectomies	35