OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences is 11. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-06-01 to 2023-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Clinical practice guidelines for IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis	82
Biliary tract cancer registry in Japan from 2008 to 2013	76
Clinical practice guidelines for safe performance of endoscopic ultrasound/ultrasonography‐guided biliary drainage: 2018	72
Comparison of laparoscopic major hepatectomy with propensity score matched open cases from the National Clinical Database in Japan	64
Clinical practice guidelines for the management of biliary tract cancers 2019: The 3rd English edition	61
A three‐step conceptual roadmap for avoiding bile duct injury in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: an invited perspective review	53
Exosome‐encapsulated microRNA‐4525, microRNA‐451a and microRNA‐21 in portal vein blood is a high‐sensitive liquid biomarker for the selection of high‐risk pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma patients	51
Preoperative biliary drainage does not increase major complications in pancreaticoduodenectomy: a large single center experience from the Massachusetts General Hospital	49
What are the appropriate indicators of surgical difficulty during laparoscopic cholecystectomy? Results from a Japan-Korea-Taiwan multinational survey	46
Histological confirmation of periductal fibrosis from ultrasound diagnosis in cholangiocarcinoma patients	45
Lymph node dissection for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: a critical review of the literature to date	43
Preoperative estimation of asialoglycoprotein receptor expression in the remnant liver from CT/ ^99m Tc‐GSA SPECT fusion images correlates well with postoperative liv	38
Selection of prophylactic antibiotics according to the microorganisms isolated from surgical site infections (SSIs) in a previous series of surgeries reduces SSI incidence after pancreaticoduodenectom	32
Surgical treatment of lymph node metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma	32
The up-to-date review of epidemiological pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors in Japan	31
Short term chemotherapy followed by radiofrequency ablation in stage III pancreatic cancer: results from a single center	29
Recent advances and problems in the management of pancreaticobiliary maljunction: feedback from the guidelines committee	29
What kind of energy devices should be used for laparoscopic liver resection? Recommendations from a systematic review	28
Validation of original and alternative fistula risk scores in postoperative pancreatic fistula	27
Feasibility of total laparoscopic living donor right hepatectomy compared with open surgery: comprehensive review of 100 cases of the initial stage	27
Branched-chain amino acid-enriched nutrients improve nutritional and metabolic abnormalities in the early post-transplant period after living donor liver transplantation	27
Comparing laparoscopic and open pancreaticoduodenectomy in patients with pancreatic head cancer: oncologic outcomes and inflammatory scores	27
Role of surgical resection in the era of FOLFIRINOX for advanced pancreatic cancer	26
The “right” way is not always popular: comparison of surgeons’ perceptions during laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis among experts from Japan, Korea and Taiwan	26
Propofol inhibits pancreatic cancer progress under hypoxia via ADAM 8	25

Survey results on daily practice in open and laparoscopic liver resections from 27 centers participating in the second International Consensus Conference	25
Pure laparoscopic versus open hemihepatectomy: a critical assessment and realistic expectations – a propensity score‐based analysis of right and left hemihepatectomies from nine European tertiary refe	24
Multicenter, retrospective, comparative study of laparoscopic and open Kasai portoenterostomy in children with biliary atresia from Japanese high-volume centers	22
Hepatocellular nodules resulting from congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunts can differentiate into potentially malignant hepatocellular adenomas	21
No negative impact of serum IgG4 levels on clinical outcome in 435 patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis from Japan	20
Recurrence of common bile duct stones following laparoscopic common bile duct exploration: a multicenter study	20
Invasive carcinoma derived from “flat type” branch duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas: impact of classification according to the height of mural nodule on endoscopic ultraso	20
Evaluation of endoscopic reintervention for self‐expandable metallic stent obstruction after stent‐in‐stent placement for malignant hilar biliary obstruction	19
Survey of preoperative management protocol for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma at 10 Japanese high‐volume centers with a combined experience of 2,778 cases	18
Preoperative biliary drainage for malignant biliary obstruction: results from a national database	17
Prognostic comparison of the longitudinal margin status in distal bile duct cancer: R0 on first bile duct resection versus R0 after additional resection	17
Novel fine gauge electrocautery dilator for endoscopic ultrasound-guided hepaticogastrostomy (with video)	16
Clinical practice guidelines for the management of liver metastases from extrahepatic primary cancers 2021	16
Pathological spectrum of bile duct lesions from chronic bile duct injury to invasive cholangiocarcinoma corresponding to bile duct imaging findings of occupational cholangiocarcinoma	16
Gastroduodenal artery: single key for many locks	15
Discrepancy between estimated and actual weight of partial liver graft from living donors	15
Current role of percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder aspiration: from palliative to curative management for acute cholecystitis	14
Preoperative serum albumin is associated with intra‐abdominal infection following major hepatectomy	13
Effect of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery program on pancreaticoduodenectomy: a randomized controlled trial	13
A novel integrated inside biliary stent and nasobiliary drainage catheter system for biliary drainage (with video)	12
Sister Mary Joseph's nodule derived from pancreatic cancer	12
Intrahepatic biliary stones extraction via an EUS‐guided hepaticogastrostomy route confirmed by peroral transluminal video cholangioscopy (with video)	11
Systematic reviews from the 2nd International Consensus Conference on Laparoscopic Liver Resection	11
Clinical importance of Familial Pancreatic Cancer Registry in Japan: a report from kick-off meeting at International Symposium on Pancreas Cancer 2012	11
Classification of pancreaticobiliary maljunction and its clinical features in adults	11