Surgeon-Journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ire

Papers
(The TQCC of Surgeon-Journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ire is 5. 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.)
ArticleCitations
Penetrating trauma during a global pandemic: Changing patterns in interpersonal violence, self-harm and domestic violence in the Covid-19 outbreak68
Prognostic factors in the management of osteonecrosis of the femoral head: A systematic review48
Impact of Covid-19 on undergraduate and residency training45
Ameloblastoma: A succinct review of the classification, genetic understanding and novel molecular targeted therapies35
Laparoscopic Surgery and the debate on its safety during COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review of recommendations33
Development and decay of procedural skills in surgery: A systematic review of the effectiveness of simulation-based medical education interventions30
IMPACT of COVID-19 on hip fracture services: A global survey by the International Multicentre Project Auditing COVID-19 in Trauma & Orthopaedics29
Regional trauma patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic29
The risk of pressure ulcers in a proned COVID population27
Distance education for anatomy and surgical training – A systematic review27
COVID-19 infection risk by open and laparoscopic surgical smoke: A systematic review of the literature25
Risk of appendiceal neoplasm after interval appendectomy for complicated appendicitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis24
Diabetic foot off loading and ulcer remission: Exploring surgical off-loading24
Frailty assessment and postoperative outcomes among patients undergoing general surgery23
Prognostic factors for isolated medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction: A systematic review23
A systematic review of sleep deprivation and technical skill in surgery23
Management of facet joints osteoarthritis associated with chronic low back pain: A systematic review22
GP access to FIT increases the proportion of colorectal cancers detected on urgent pathways in symptomatic patients in Nottingham22
Arthroscopic debridement for focal articular cartilage lesions of the knee: A systematic review21
Frailty and emergency abdominal surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis21
Global surgery is an essential component of global health20
Survival after cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for colorectal peritoneal metastases: A systematic review and discussion of latest controversies20
Assessing ChatGPT's ability to pass the FRCS orthopaedic part A exam: A critical analysis19
The impact of COSECSA in developing the surgical workforce in East Central and Southern Africa19
Ankle conFUSION: The quality and readability of information on the internet relating to ankle arthrodesis18
A protocol for wide awake local anaesthetic no tourniquet (WALANT) hand surgery in the context of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic18
Career barriers for women in surgery18
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on management and outcomes in acute appendicitis: Should these new practices be the norm?18
Multidisciplinary care in surgery: Are team-based interventions cost-effective?18
Innovations towards achieving environmentally sustainable operating theatres: A systematic review17
Analysis of patients unable to return to play following arthroscopic Bankart repair17
The impact of COVID-19 on emergency general surgery admissions and operative volumes: A single centre experience17
The influence of patient resilience and health status on satisfaction after total hip and knee arthroplasty16
Barbed suture in gastro-intestinal surgery: A review with a meta-analysis16
Evidence based treatment for developmental dysplasia of the hip in children under 6 months of age. Systematic review and exploratory analysis15
Quetiapine for delirium prophylaxis in high-risk critically ill patients15
The prevalence of anconeus epitrochlearis muscle and Osborne's ligament in cubital tunnel syndrome patients and healthy individuals: An anatomical study with meta-analysis15
The e-scooter pandemic at a UK Major Trauma Centre: A cost-based cohort analysis of injury presentation and treatment14
Readability and quality of online information for patients pertaining to revision knee arthroplasty: An objective analysis14
Current practises and the future of robotic surgical training13
The effect of methotrexate monotherapy on treatment-resistant idiopathic granulomatous mastitis patients13
Surgical innovation in LMICs–The perspective from India13
Outcomes of management of displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures12
FIT negative cancers: A right-sided problem? Implications for screening and whether iron deficiency anaemia has a role to play12
No benefits of minimally invasive total hip arthroplasty via Watson-Jones approach: A retrospective cohort study12
Survivorship and clinical outcomes of ‘cup–cage’ reconstruction in revision of hip arthroplasty for chronic pelvic discontinuity: A systematic review12
Parathyroid allotransplantation to treat post-thyroidectomy hypoparathyroidism: A review of case studies12
Anatomy and biomechanics of the medial patellotibial ligament: A systematic review12
Candida prevalence in saliva before and after oral cancer treatment12
Comparing shared decision making using a paper and digital consent process. A multi-site, single centre study in a trauma and orthopaedic department12
Effect of urinary tract infection on the risk of prosthetic joint infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis11
COVID-19 and surgery: A thematic analysis of unintended consequences on performance, practice and surgical training11
IMPACT-Global Hip Fracture Audit: Nosocomial infection, risk prediction and prognostication, minimum reporting standards and global collaborative audit11
Prehabilitation services for people diagnosed with cancer in Scotland – Current practice, barriers and challenges to implementation11
Mid-term follow-up of percutaneous access for standard and complex EVAR using the ProGlide device11
Computer assisted total knee arthroplasty: 2.5 years follow-up of 200 cases11
Single-port laparoscopic appendicectomy versus conventional three-port approach for acute appendicitis: A systematic review, meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis of randomised controlled trials11
Aerosol generating procedures in trauma and orthopaedics in the era of the Covid-19 pandemic; What do we know?10
Dexmedetomidine versus propofol for prolonged sedation in critically ill trauma and surgical patients10
Melatonin and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: The present evidence10
The introduction of day-case total knee arthroplasty in a national healthcare system: A review of the literature and development of a hospital pathway10
Autologous saphenous vein and heparin-bonded expanded polytetrafluoroethylene as graft materials for below-the-knee femoro-popliteal bypass in patients with critical limb ischemia: A propensity score-10
Long-term outcomes following total hip and total knee arthroplasty in patients with Paget's disease of bone (PDB) – A national study10
The use of digital technologies to support home-based prehabilitation prior to major surgery: A systematic review10
Parathyroid cancer: A systematic review of diagnostic biomarkers10
The role of tranexamic acid in reducing post-operative bleeding and seroma formation in breast surgery: A meta-analysis9
The efficacy of remote virtual care in comparison to traditional clinical visits for elective orthopaedic patients: A meta-analysis of prospective randomised controlled trials9
Modified Zadek osteotomy without excision of the intratendinous calcific deposit is effective for the surgical treatment of calcific insertional Achilles tendinopathy9
Trends in Irish hip fracture surgery over a 7-year period and international registry comparison9
Sodium fluorescein shows high surgeon-reported usability in glioblastoma surgery9
Performance anxiety amongst trauma and orthopaedic surgical trainees9
Systematic review: Outcomes of bariatric surgery in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and de-novo IBD development after bariatric surgery9
Exploring the surgical personality9
Accuracy of pre-operative parameters in predicting severe cholecystitis-A systematic review9
An analysis of the cost and impact of cosmetic tourism and its associated complications: A multi institutional study8
Diagnosis and management of phyllodes tumours for the surgeon: An algorithm8
A modified Delphi process to establish future research priorities in malignant oesophagogastric surgery8
Improving the efficiency of ankle fracture care through home care and day-surgery units: Delivering safe surgery on a value-based healthcare model8
Development and validation of a novel nomogram predicting 10-year actual survival after curative hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma8
Stapled intestinal anastomoses are more cost effective than hand-sewn anastomoses in a diagnosis related group system8
Diagnostic performance of the FDG-PET/CT in patients with resected mucinous colorectal liver metastases8
Closed suction drainages in Lower Limb Joint Arthroplasty: A level I evidence based meta-analysis8
Evidence on postoperative abdominal binding: A systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials8
Effect of Covid-19 on best practice care of hip fracture patients: An analysis from the National Hip Fracture Database (NHFD)8
Comparison of extreme lateral approach with posterior approach in the treatment of lumbar degenerative diseases: A meta-analysis of clinical and imaging findings8
Diagnosis, management and outcome of splenic torsion; a systematic review of published studies7
A report of the number of adolescents screened as warranting further investigation for depression and social anxiety in a pre-operative cohort with idiopathic scoliosis7
Arthroscopic labral repair for femoroacetabular impingement: A systematic review7
Penile cancer in Ireland – A national review7
Collaborative Overview of coronaVIrus impact on ORTHopaedic training in the UK (COVI - ORTH UK)7
Revision surgeries for failed hallux valgus correction: A systematic review7
Tourniquet use during knee arthroplasty: A Bayesian network meta-analysis on pain, function, and thromboembolism7
Return to sport after arthroscopic surgery for femoroacetabular impingement7
Distal radius fracture fixation using WALANT versus general and regional anesthesia: A systematic review and meta-analysis7
Choledochal cysts: Management and long-term follow-up7
One size does not fit all: Impact of hand size on ease of use of instruments for minimally invasive surgery7
Surgical versus conservative management of traumatic proximal adductor longus avulsion injuries: A systematic review7
The Royal College of surgeons multidisciplinary guidelines on elective tracheostomy insertion in COVID-19 ventilated patients7
Umbilical port versus epigastric port for gallbladder extraction in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials with trial sequential analysis7
Essential anatomy for total mesorectal excision and lateral lymph node dissection, in both trans-abdominal and trans-anal perspective7
Diagnosing surgical site infections using telemedicine: A Systematic Review7
Peri-procedural thromboprophylaxis in the prevention of DVT in varicose vein interventions: A systematic review and meta-analysis7
Squamous cell carcinoma complicating chronic osteomyelitis: A systematic review and case series7
Cycling injuries requiring orthopaedic intervention during the first COVID-19 lockdown period: A multi-centre SCottish Orthopaedic Research collaborativE (SCORE) study7
Crisis change management during COVID-19 in the elective orthopaedic hospital: Easing the trauma burden of acute hospitals7
Retention of surgical trainees in England7
Initial experience of magnetic seed localization for impalpable breast lesion excision: First 100 cases performed in a single Irish tertiary referral centre7
The management of osteoporotic acetabular fractures: Current methods and future developments7
Minimally invasive anterolateral approach versus lateral transmuscular approach for total hip arthroplasty: A systematic review and meta-analysis6
Current trends in craniofacial reconstruction6
Impact of frailty on oncological outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer – A systematic review and meta-analysis6
Treatment-related complications in patients with esophageal cancer: A systematic review and network meta-analysis6
Liver stiffness measurement predicts short-term and long-term outcomes in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after curative liver resection6
Arthroscopic versus mini-open rotator cuff repair: A meta-analysis6
Percutaneous cholecystostomy as bridge to surgery vs surgery in unfit patients with acute calculous cholecystitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis6
Sentinel lymph node BIOPSY after neoadjuvant therapy in breast cancer patients with lymph node involvement at diagnosis. Could wire localization of clipped node improve our results?6
Poor patient awareness of peripheral arterial disease, it is time to optimize the clinical visit6
The future of orthopaedic surgical education: Where do we go now?6
Are facemasks a priority for all staff in theatre to prevent surgical site infections during shortages of supply? A systematic review and meta-analysis6
Routine drain or no drain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis6
Spinal metastasis: The rise of minimally invasive surgery6
Grit personality trait of doctors and medical students in level 4 acute hospital6
Screen detection is a survival predictor independent of pathological grade in colorectal cancer. A prospective cohort study6
The safety, feasibility, and cost-effectiveness of early laparoscopic cholecystectomy for patients with mild acute biliary pancreatitis: A meta-analysis6
Organization of thoracic surgical services during the COVID pandemic6
To fuse or not to fuse: The elderly patient with lumbar stenosis and low-grade spondylolisthesis. Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials6
Core decompression combined with intralesional autologous bone marrow derived cell therapies for osteonecrosis of the femoral head in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis5
Is hepatic resection justified for non-colorectal non-neuroendocrine liver metastases? A systematic review and meta-analysis5
Quality of internet information to aid patient decision making in locally advanced and recurrent rectal cancer5
Patients’ reported experiences and outcomes following surgical excision of lower limb osteomyelitis and microvascular free tissue reconstruction under ‘awake’ epidural anaesthesia and sedation5
The age of surgical operative video big data - My bicycle or our park?5
The effect of suture techniques on the outcome of tracheal reconstruction: An observational study and review of literature5
The effect of COVID-19 pandemic on the care of fragility hip fracture patients in the United Kingdom. A case control study in a major trauma centre5
Assessment of referral patterns for boys with suspected undescended testes and identification of risk factors to aid diagnosis5
Incidence, risk factors, and consequences of emergence delirium after elective brain tumor resection5
The response of Trauma & Orthopaedic Departments to the first four weeks of lockdown for the COVID-19 pandemic – A trainee-led analysis of the East of England5
Hip fracture care during the 2020 COVID-19 first-wave: a review of the outcomes of hip fracture patients at a Scottish Major Trauma Centre5
A cross-sectional study examining the association between MRCS performance and surgeons receiving sanctions against their medical registration5
Challenging NICE guidelines on parathyroid surgery5
The first knee prosthesis to go through beyond compliance: A new standard for the safe introduction of orthopaedic implants5
Balloon tibioplasty for tibial plateau fractures5
Lessons from lockdown: Virtual Clinics and service reorganisation in fracture management during COVID 19 experience of an Irish Regional Trauma Unit5
Comparison of early and delayed cholecystectomy for biliary pancreatitis: A meta-analysis5
Axillary sentinel lymph node identification using superparamagnetic iron oxide versus radioisotope in early stage breast cancer: The UK SentiMag trial (SMART study)5
Variations in colorectal cancer surgery practice across the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic – ‘Every land has its own law’5
A scoping review of assessment methods of competence of general surgical trainees5
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