OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Diseases International 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Meetings and Courses	45
Inadvertent perioperative hypothermia and surgical site infections after liver resection	44
Guideline on application of allogeneic vascular transplantation in abdominal surgery	44
Application of extended criteria donor liver grafts in liver transplantation	41
CK2α causes stemness and chemotherapy resistance in liver cancer through the Hedgehog signaling pathway	41
Pre-MASLD: Should it be defined separately?	40
Laparoscopic extended right hepatectomy for posterior and completely caudate massive liver tumor (with videos)	35
Relevant content	29
Undifferentiated carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cells of the pancreas mimicking pancreatic pseudocyst	28
Primary pancreatic lymphoma diagnosed by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle biopsy	25
Liver transplantation as an alternative for the treatment of neuroendocrine liver metastasis: Appraisal of the current evidence	25
Palmar metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma: An uncommon case report	24
Advances and current research status of early diagnosis for gallbladder cancer	23
Ex-vivo liver resection and autotransplantation for large tumors in the caudate lobe	22
Post-hepatectomy liver failure: A timeline centered review	21
Impact of metabolic disorders on gallstone disease and perioperative recovery after laparoscopic cholecystectomy	20
Tailored indocyanine green fluorescence navigation for laparoscopic anatomic segment VII resection: A novel classification system based on portal pedicle anatomy (with videos)	20
Development and validation of a nomogram to predict massive bleeding requiring intervention in severe acute pancreatitis	20
Minimizing the risk of small-for-size syndrome after liver surgery	19
Oncogenic Wnt3a is a promising sensitive biomarker for monitoring hepatocarcinogenesis	18
Quality of life after robotic distal pancreatectomy: Evidence, limitations and future directions	18
Nrf2 and Her3 co-expression in cholangiocarcinoma: Possible biological pathways for potential therapeutic approach	17
Solitary extraovarian primary peritoneal carcinoma with direct invasion into the liver, diaphragm and lung without peritoneal dissemination or distant metastasis	17
Reply to: Endovascular treatment for early hepatic artery occlusion after liver transplantation: Angioplasty or stent	16
Fecal cytolysin does not predict disease severity in acutely decompensated cirrhosis and acute-on-chronic liver failure	15

Current controversies and challenges for resection of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in pancreatic head aiming at cure	15
Characteristics and risk differences of different tumor sizes on distant metastases of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: A retrospective study in the SEER database	15
Combined liver resection and peritoneal stripping for Echinococcus multilocularis	15
Long-term outcomes of endoscopic papillary large-balloon dilation (12–15 mm) with or without limited sphincterotomy for removal of bile duct stones	14
Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: Current status in Hong Kong, China	14
CT‐based radiomics to predict development of macrovascular invasion in hepatocellular carcinoma: A multicenter study	14
Fibrotic liver extracellular matrix induces cancerous phenotype in biomimetic micro-tissues of hepatocellular carcinoma model	13
Pancreatic cancer with gastrointestinal obstruction as an initial symptom	13
A deep learning model based on contrast-enhanced computed tomography for differential diagnosis of gallbladder carcinoma	13
Research progress and prospects of circulating tumor cells in hepatocellular carcinoma	13
Challenges for pediatric liver transplantation in the mainland of China: Where we are and where to go. Reflections from worldwide largest pediatric liver transplantation program	13
Targeted and immunotherapy strategies in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: Recent developments and insights	13
Technical aspects in pancreaticoduodenectomy and therapeutic strategies for pancreatic cancer: History, current status, and future perspectives	12
Circulating tumor cell dynamic detecting to optimize neoadjuvant chemotherapy combined with liver transplantation in perihilar cholangiocarcinoma	12
Meetings and Courses	12
T-tube bridging fistula jejunal anastomosis for treatment of pancreatic lumbar dorsal fistula after necrotizing pancreatitis	12
Pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma with liver metastases	12
Robotic versus laparoscopic surgery for sporadic benign insulinoma: Short- and long-term outcomes	11
Sirolimus improves the prognosis of liver recipients with hepatocellular carcinoma: A single-center experience	11
Gallbladder perforation: A single-center experience in north India and a step-up approach for management	11
Gastroduodenal artery disconnection during liver transplantation decreases non-anastomotic stricture incidence	11
Risk factors and outcomes for patients with pancreatic cancer undergoing surgical exploration without resection due to metastatic disease: A national cohort study	11
Call for action: Increased healthcare utilization with growing use of percutaneous cholecystectomy tube over initial cholecystectomy in cirrhotics	11
Branching patterns of the left portal vein and consequent implications in liver surgery: The left anterior sector	11
Thanks	11
Contribution of gut microbiota to drug-induced liver injury	11
Timing of hepatectomy following the Omicron variant infection for vaccinated-patients: A retrospective cohort study	10
Six-hour local 4 °C dual hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion improves the preservation of porcine liver after cardiac death using an ex vivo reperfusion model	10
Etiology and classification of acute pancreatitis in children admitted to ICU using the Pediatric Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (pSOFA) score	10
Imaging findings of primary hepatic leiomyosarcoma	10
Novel treatment strategies for pancreatitis: Current status and future prospects	10
Liver transplantation and liver resection as alternative treatments for primary hepatobiliary and secondary liver tumors: Competitors or allies?	10
Interventional treatment options for management of delayed arterial hemorrhage after major hepato-pancreatic-biliary surgery	10
Sodium butyrate ameliorates liver fibrosis in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis rats via miR-155-5p/SOCS1/PDGF signaling pathway	10
Baicalin and its nanoliposome ameliorate diquat-induced liver injury by promoting PINK1/Parkin-dependent mitophagy	10
A new heparin fragment decreases liver ischemia-reperfusion injury	9
Nomogram for prediction of hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after liver resection	9
Liver transplantation as an alternative for the treatment of perihilar cholangiocarcinoma: A critical review	9
Meetings and Courses	9
Efficacy and safety of sirolimus early conversion protocol in liver transplant patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: A single-arm, multicenter, prospective study	9
From futility to promise: Preemptive veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation benefits high-risk liver transplant patients	9
Hypermethylation of thymosin β4 predicts a poor prognosis for patients with acute-on-chronic hepatitis B liver failure	9
Serum exosome-derived ALDH1A1 can greatly predict the prognosis of patients with hepatitis E virus-related acute liver failure	9
Preoperative lymphocyte to C-reactive protein ratio as a new prognostic indicator in patients with resectable gallbladder cancer	9
Does drainage tube affect recovery after laparoscopic cholecystectomy?	9
Alpha-fetoprotein, protein induced by vitamin K absence or antagonist-II, lens culinaris agglutinin-reactive fraction of alpha-fetoprotein alone and in combination for early detection of hepatocellula	9
Tri-modal death distribution towards personalized management of intraductal papillary neoplasm of the bile duct patients: Every story has its own conclusion	9
Terlipressin versus placebo in living donor liver transplantation	9
Predictors of recurrent bile duct stone after clearance by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: A case-control study	9
A new surgical approach for pseudocyst of dorsal pancreas	9

No-touch recipient hepatectomy in liver transplantation for liver malignancies: A state-of-the-art review	9
Split liver transplantation with complicated portal vein variations in graft	8
Safety and efficacy of hypofractionated radiotherapy combined with tyrosine kinase inhibitors in patients with lung metastases after liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma	8
Repeat hepatectomy for recurrent colorectal liver metastases: A comparative analysis of short- and long-term results	8
The effect of adjuvant transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma after liver resection based on risk stratification	8
Middle hepatic vein variation provides a safe path for anterior transection of hepatocellular carcinoma in caudate lobe	8
Artificial intelligence-assisted biliary stent length selection for common bile duct strictures in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: Model development and validation	8
Integrated chromosomal instability and tumor microbiome redefined prognosis-related subtypes of pancreatic cancer	8
Chinese expert consensus on quantitatively monitoring and assessing immune cell function status and its clinical application (2024 edition)	8
Robotic duodenum-preserving pancreatic head resection in a 21-month-old infant with benign disease: Redefining the ‘‘minimum feasible age’’ for robotic surgery (with video)	8
Stratification of adjuvant FOLFOX chemotherapy after liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma	8
Predictive factors of postoperative ascites after laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy for periampullary carcinoma	8
Thanks	8
Clinical analysis of Wernicke encephalopathy after liver transplantation	7
Reply to “Wnt/beta-catenin signaling inhibitors and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: Potential therapeutic implications”	7
Current and emerging immunotherapeutic approaches for biliary tract cancers	7
Local recurrence rate as quality indicator in surgery for pancreatic cancer?	7
Hepatic cystic lesions mimicking liver abscess on imaging: A report of two cases	7
Cisplatin induces acute liver injury by triggering caspase-3/GSDME-mediated cell pyroptosis	7
Gut microbiome and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease	7
Impact of cirrhosis-related complications on posttransplant survival in patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure	7
Transfer RNA-derived small RNAs in liver disease	7
Recent advances in promising drugs for primary prevention of gastroesophageal variceal bleeding with cirrhotic portal hypertension	7
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography management for choledochocele in a young female	7
Diagnostic value and immune infiltration characterization of WTAP as a critical m6A regulator in liver transplantation	7
Validation and performance of three scoring systems for predicting primary non-function and early allograft failure after liver transplantation	6
Soluble TREM2 is a novel diagnostic and prognostic biomarker of acute-on-chronic liver failure in patients receiving liver transplantation	6
China Liver Transplant Registry plays an important role in liver transplantation	6
Propensity score matching analysis for clinical impact of braided-type versus laser-cut-type covered self-expandable metal stents for endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy	6
Isolated anti-HBc is an independent risk factor for tumor recurrence in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma after curative resection	6
HSP110 aggravates ischemia-reperfusion injury after liver transplantation by promoting NF-κB pathway	6
Hepatopancreatoduodenectomy for the treatment of extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma	6
Laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy with portal or superior mesenteric vein resection and reconstruction for pancreatic cancer: A single-center experience	6
Research progress of lncRNA and miRNA in hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury	6
Are outcomes for emergency index-admission laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed by hepatopancreatobiliary surgeons better compared to non-hepatopancreatobiliary surgeons? A 10-year audit using 1:1 p	6
Laparoscopic liver resection is superior to open liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma patients with BCLC stage 0-A hepatocellular carcinoma and portal hypertension	6
Portal vein embolization combined with ex vivo liver resection and autotransplantation: A novel treatment strategy for end-stage and metastatic hepatic alveolar echinococcosis	6
Predictive value of postoperative serum lipase level for postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreaticoduodenectomy	6
Meetings and Courses	6
The role of liver sinusoidal endothelial cells in liver remodeling after injury	6
Mitochondrial dysfunction in the pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis	6
Identification of pyroptosis-related lncRNAs for constructing a prognostic model and their correlation with immune infiltration in pancreatic cancer	6
Application of ultrasonography-elastography score to suspect porto-sinusoidal vascular disease in patients with portal vein thrombosis	6
Left hepatic marginal hemangioma with features resembling gastric stromal tumor	6
Sinistral portal hypertension and distal splenorenal shunt during pancreatic surgery	5
Meetings and Courses	5
Expert consensus on the application of the magnetic anchoring and traction technique in thoracoscopic and laparoscopic surgery	5
Early prediction of mortality in acute cholangitis: Elaboration of a new simple prognostic score	5
Aberrant bile duct communicating with the cystic duct: From early detection to management of late surgical complications	5
Meetings and Courses	5
Circulating RNA ZFR promotes hepatocellular carcinoma cell proliferation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition process through miR-624–3p/WEE1 axis	5
Total three-dimensional laparoscopic radical resection for Bismuth type IV hilar cholangiocarcinoma	5
Left abdominal mass with carcinosis: Unusual presentation of pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma	5
Robot assisted anatomical liver resection is safe for patient with hepatocellular carcinoma underlying Fontan-associated liver disease	5
Tumor micronecrosis is a marker of poor prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma after liver resection	5
Safety and effectiveness of balloon catheter-assisted ultrasound-guided percutaneous microwave ablation in difficult-site liver cancer	5
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound predicts microvascular invasion in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma	5
Chinese clinical practice guidelines for ultrasound-guided irreversible electroporation of liver cancer (version 2022)	5
YAP activates pancreatic stellate cells and enhances pancreatic fibrosis	5
Endoscopic hemostasis using self-expandable metal stent combined with PuraStatⓇ for patient with high risk of post-endoscopic sphincterotomy bleeding (with video)	5
Bilateral lung transplantation, a new option for pulmonary metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma?	5
Mirizzi syndrome: Problems and strategies	5
Radiofrequency ablation is an inferior option to liver resection for solitary hepatocellular carcinoma ≤ 5 cm without cirrhosis: A population-based study with stratification by tumor size	5
ANNOUNCEMENT	5