OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of JAMA Surgery is 1. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Sex-Adjusted Model for End-stage Liver Disease Scores for Liver Transplant Allocation—Reply	670
Errors in Figure and Nonauthor Collaborators Supplement	409
The Benefits of Surgery for Diverticular Disease—Have We Met the Burden of Proof?	383
Anesthesiologist Staffing Ratio and Surgical Outcome	236
Social Work’s Role in Bridging Breast Cancer Care Gaps	212
Coagulopathy Treatment in Cardiac Surgery—Pharmacy or Blood Bank?	209
Pediatric Venous Thromboembolism—Understanding in Evolution	198
Emergency Department Trauma Activation Fees by Payer Type	156
Use of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Agonists Among Individuals Undergoing Bariatric Surgery in the US	155
Bariatric Surgery—A Patient’s Perspective	145
Long-Term Risk of Mesh Infection Requiring Removal After Elective Ventral Hernia Repair	142
Effect of a Decision Aid on Agreement Between Patient Preferences and Repair Type for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm	128
Recurrence Risk in Young Women With Breast Cancer	123
Benefits of Mandated Registries for Generating Real-World Outcome Data	119
Preoperative Hemoglobin A _1C , Glycemic Status, and Postoperative Outcomes in General Surgery	116
Electroacupuncture vs Sham Electroacupuncture in the Treatment of Postoperative Ileus After Laparoscopic Surgery for Colorectal Cancer	115
Routine Imaging or Symptomatic Follow-Up After Resection of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma	108
Hemodynamic Impact of Cipepofol vs Propofol During Anesthesia Induction in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis	107
Perioperative Use of Tranexamic Acid in General Surgery	106
Efficacy of Liposomal Bupivacaine and Bupivacaine Hydrochloride vs Bupivacaine Hydrochloride Alone as a Periarticular Anesthetic for Patients Undergoing Knee Replacement	105
Heated Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Colon Cancer—Restarting the Fire	102
JAMA Surgery	102
Trends in Endovascular Aortic Repair Volume and Surveillance in the Era of the MISSION Act	100
Defining Essential Surgery in the US During the COVID-19 Pandemic Response	99
JAMA Surgery Peer Reviewers in 2024	99

Perioperative Penicillin and Cephalosporin Antibiotic Allergy Assessment and Testing	97
Progression to Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia After Index Revascularization for Claudication	97
Organ Transplants From Deceased Donors With Primary Brain Tumors and Risk of Cancer Transmission	95
Living-Donor Liver Transplant for Patients With End-stage Liver Disease	95
Communicating Health Events in the Intensive Care Unit	92
Revisiting Minimally Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy	91
Clinical Implications of Removing Race-Corrected Pulmonary Function Tests for African American Patients Requiring Surgery for Lung Cancer	88
Linking EMS and Trauma Registry Data to Improve Outcomes	88
A Venture Capital Model for Surgical Innovation at Academic Medical Centers	87
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Locoregional Recurrence Among Patients With Hormone Receptor–Positive, Node-Negative Breast Cancer	86
Rates of National Institutes of Health Funding for Surgeon-Scientists, 1995-2020	83
Using Machine Learning to Predict Suitability for Surgery at an Ambulatory Surgical Center	83
The Quality of Evidence Supporting Clinical Practice Guidelines in General Surgery	79
JAMA Surgery	77
Anesthesiologist Staffing Ratio and Surgical Outcome	76
Diversity in Surgery Residents and Unwanted Mistreatment	74
Surgical Decision-making in Early-Stage Breast Cancer—Trends and Opportunities	72
Urinary Catheters for Inguinal Hernia Repair—The Challenges of Deimplementation of Routine Procedures	72
Evaluating Long-term Efficacy of Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Plus Surgery for the Treatment of Locally Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma—Reply	71
Prothrombin Complex Concentrate and Cardiac Surgery	71
Seeing Gender Bias Through a Corrected Lens	69
Residency Research Fever Across the World—Reply	66
Mechanical Bowel Preparation and Oral Antibiotics Prior to Rectal Resection—Reply	65
Errors in Text and Figures	65
Practical Guide to Quality Control in Surgical Trials	63
Effective Deimplementation of Low-Value Preoperative Testing	63
Error in Figure	62
New Statistical Editor—September 2024	60
Patterns in Transvaginal Mesh Surgery After Government Regulation in the United States	59
Prophylactic Salpingo-Oophorectomy and Survival After BRCA1/2 Breast Cancer Resection	56
Vagus Nerve Preservation for Early Distal Gastric Cancer With Monitoring and Indocyanine Green Labeling	56
The Future of Oncology Is Now	56
Patterns in Location of Death From Firearm Injury in the US	56
Comments on Surgeon-Patient Sex Concordance and Postoperative Outcomes	55
Construction of a Coloanal Anastomosis vs Closure of a Diverting Ileostomy	55
Association of Frailty With Health-Related Quality of Life in Liver Transplant Recipients	54
Becoming a Palliative Care Physician During Surgical Residency	54
Kidney Transplant Outcome Following Donation After Euthanasia	53
Is Preoperative Optimization Right for Every Hernia Patient?	52
Veterans Hospitals vs Non-Veterans Centers in the Prevention of Limb Loss	52
Social Determinants of Health and Surgical Desirability of Outcome Ranking in Older Veterans	51
Association of Trauma With Long-Term Risk of Death and Immune-Mediated or Cancer Disease in Same-Sex Twins	50
Mechanical Bowel Preparation and Oral Antibiotics Prior to Rectal Resection	50
Implementing Culturally Tailored Outpatient Surgical Care	49
How Can We Improve Surgical Care of Patients Who Are Homeless?	48
New Web and Deputy Editor—July 2025	48
Antibiotics or Appendectomy for Vulnerable Populations	48
Rethinking Risk in Ventral Hernia Repair	47
Life Cycle Analysis of a Pediatric Surgical Kit—A Target to Reduce Operating Room Waste	47
Long-Term Outcome of Nonoperative Treatment of Appendicitis	46

Association of Days Alive and Out of the Hospital After Ventricular Assist Device Implantation With Adverse Events and Quality of Life	46
Familiarity of the Surgeon-Anesthesiologist Dyad and Major Morbidity After High-Risk Elective Surgery	45
Faculty Entrustment and Resident Entrustability	44
Biological vs Synthetic Mesh in Laparoendoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair	43
Clinical Outcomes After Traumatic Brain Injury and Exposure to Extracranial Surgery	43
Timing to First Whole Blood Transfusion and Survival Following Severe Hemorrhage in Trauma Patients	43
Demographic Representation in 3 Leading Artificial Intelligence Text-to-Image Generators	43
Short-Term Outcomes Following Laparoscopic vs Open Pancreaticoduodenectomy in Patients With Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma	42
Optimal Surveillance Interval of Branch Duct Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm of the Pancreas	42
Management of Diverticulitis	42
Applications of Liquid Biopsy for Surgical Patients With Cancer	41
Association Between Race and Receipt of Home- and Community-Based Rehabilitation After Traumatic Brain Injury Among Older Medicare Beneficiaries	40
Time From Colorectal Cancer Surgery to Adjuvant Chemotherapy	40
Therapeutic Benefit Ratings for FDA Breakthrough-Designated Devices	40
Errors in Data Collection and Calculations	39
Neighborhood Deprivation, State Laws, and Firearm Injury in the US	38
Internal Mammary Artery Grafting—A Therapy Like No Other	38
Portal Vein Thrombosis After Transarterial Embolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma	38
Forecasting the Impact of Fully Automated Vehicle Adoption on US Road Traffic Injuries	38
Green Operating Room—Current Standards and Insights From a Large North American Medical Center	38
Laser Epilation as an Adjunct to Standard Care in Reducing Pilonidal Disease Recurrence in Adolescents and Young Adults	37
The Cost of Prolonged Surgical Training—Time Is Money	37
Practical Guide to Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Surgical Education Research	37
Association of Body Surface Area With Access to Deceased Donor Liver Transplant and Novel Allocation Policies	37
Safety and Efficacy of Tranexamic Acid in General Surgery	37
Quality Trauma Care Does Not End at the Hospital’s Lobby	36
Concerns About a Frailty Screening Initiative and Postoperative Mortality—Reply	36
Additional Outcomes and Limitations in the Treatment of Acute Unstable Chest Wall Injuries	35
Robotic or Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy—Safety First	35
Errors in Figure 4	35
Methods, Complications, and Outcomes in a Randomized Clinical Trial of Electroacupuncture After Colorectal Cancer Surgery—Reply	35
Missing Information in Funding/Support	34
It Is Time for the Light to Shine on Organ Procurement Organizations	34
JAMA Surgery	34
Socioeconomic Status and Postoperative Emergency Department Visits	34
New Deputy Editor—March 2022	34
Common Bile Duct Injury in Cholecystectomy—Reply	34
Cost-Effectiveness of Parathyroid Cryopreservation and Autotransplantation	33
The Need for a Better-Quality Reporting System for Ambulatory and Outpatient Surgery—Surgical Quality Without Walls	33
Delayed Diagnosis of Anastomotic Leak and Failure to Rescue After Colon Resection	33
Quality-of-Life and Recurrence Outcomes Following Laparoscopic Elective Sigmoid Resection vs Conservative Treatment Following Diverticulitis	33
Women Surgeon-Scientists—Applying an Intersectional Lens to the Current Status of National Institutes of Health Funding	33
Management of Acute Uncomplicated Appendicitis	33
Supplemental Parenteral Nutrition in Patients Undergoing Abdominal Surgery—Reply	33
Biliary Dyskinesia—Controversies, Diagnosis, and Management	33
Mortality Among Surgeons in the United States	32
Early vs Delayed Bypass Surgery in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome Receiving Ticagrelor	32
Performance in Irish Selection and Future Performance in Surgical Training	32
Effect of Intraoperative Urinary Catheter Use on Postoperative Urinary Retention After Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair	32
Defining the Standard for Surgical Video Deidentification	32
The Future of Health Care Is Female	32
Electronic Patient-Reported Symptoms After Ambulatory Cancer Surgery	32
Current Status of National Institutes of Health Research Funding for Women Surgeon-Scientists	32
Sex Disparities in Trauma Care—Why Are the Women Waiting?	31
Benzodiazepines Not Main Suspect in Cardiac Surgery Delirium	31
Understanding Community Health Access and Rural Transformation Reform—Implications for Rural Surgical Care	31
Appraising the Quality of Development and Reporting in Surgical Prediction Models	31
Indocyanine Green Fluorescence for Colectomy—Better Than the Naked Eye?	31
Error in Table	30
Access to and Delivery of High-Quality Cancer Care	30
A Cautiously Optimistic Metric for Patients Undergoing Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation	30
Corrections and Clarifications to Address Concerns About Reporting of Studies of Bioengineered Arteries for Repair of Extremity Vascular Injuries	30
Gastric Bypass vs Diet and Cardiovascular Risk Factors	30
Errors in Results and Table 2	30
A Personalized Approach to Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism	30
American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Guidelines for Adrenalectomy	29
Diagnostic Accuracy of Unenhanced Computed Tomography for Evaluation of Acute Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department	29
Efficacy and Safety of Intraoperative Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Colon Cancer	29
Prevention of Parastomal Hernia With Funnel-Shaped Intra-Abdominal Mesh vs No Mesh for Rectal Adenocarcinoma Surgery	29
Diagnosis of Respiratory Sarcopenia for Stratifying Postoperative Risk in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer	29
Chemoradiotherapy and Local Excision vs Total Mesorectal Excision in T2-T3ab, N0, M0 Rectal Cancer	29
A Proposed Framework for Measuring Access to Surgical Care in the United States	29
End Points and Statistical Analyses in a Trial of Transfascial Fixation for Open Retromuscular Ventral Hernia Repairs—Reply	28
Long-Term Survival, Prognostic Factors, and Selection of Patients With Colorectal Cancer for Liver Transplant	28
Supervision and Transparency in Resident Training	28
Comments on Surgeon-Patient Sex Concordance and Postoperative Outcomes	28
Prognostic Significance of Residual Ductal Carcinoma In Situ After Complete Response of Invasive Breast Cancer to Neoadjuvant Therapy	28
Understanding the Purpose and Effects of a Liberal Fasting Policy of Clear Fluids Before Surgery—Reply	28
Resident Assessment—What Is Our Mission?	28
Limitations of the PREHAB Randomized Clinical Trial—Reply	27

Patient Factors and Pathology and Ultrasonography Findings Associated With Appendectomy	27
The A Word—Our Collective Scarlet Letter	27
JAMA Surgery—The Year in Review, 2022	27
Targeting Chemoprophylaxis in Venous Thromboembolism Using Biomarker Guidance	27
Lung Transplant for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome	27
Neonatal Airways and the Risks of Cuffed Tubes	26
Error in Figure Key	26
Teaching Bleeding Control and Building Trust With a Community Affected by Firearm Injuries	26
JAMA Surgery—The Year in Review, 2023	26
Addressing Size-Based Disparities in Liver Transplant	26
New Liver Allocation Policy and National Liver Transplant Volume	26
Practical Guide to Designing a Clinical Trial in Surgery	25
New Editorial Board Member—March 2025	25
Errors in Byline	25
Empowering Surgeons to Help Increase Value in Health Care Requires Better Data	25
LASER Focus on Long-Term Outcomes for Diverticular Disease	25
Mixed Results With Oral Antibiotics for Fracture-Related Infections	25
Mobile Devices Restricted—Updating the Surgical Timeout	25
Sometimes the Pipeline Starts at Home	25
Turning Stress Into Success—Surgery as Professional Sport	25
Association of Year of Surgery and Carotid Stenting Outcomes in High-risk Patients, 2015-2021	24
Differences in Helicopter Ambulance Use by Race and Ethnicity	24
Quantitative Tension on the Abdominal Wall in Posterior Components Separation With Transversus Abdominis Release	24
Data and the Art of Surgical Preference Card Maintenance	24
The Gut-Lymph Model Gives New Treatment Strategies for Organ Failure	24
Pancreatic Fistula After Minimally Invasive and Open Pancreatoduodenectomy—Reply	23
Reevaluating Imaging’s Role in Disappearing Liver Metastases’ Viability	23
All Surgeons Should Be Palliative Care Surgeons	23
Will Quantifying Fascial Tension Change the Practice of Component Separations in Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction?	23
Efficacy, Safety, and Analysis Issues in a Study of Intraoperative Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Colon Cancer	23
JAMA Surgery	23
Treatment for Patients With Multifocal Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma	23
Considerations for Use of Propensity Score Matching in Specific Patient Populations	22
Air Medical Prehospital Triage Score and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Air Transport After Injury	22
Effectiveness of Surgeon-Performed Paravertebral Block Analgesia for Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery	22
Amputation Rates and Associated Social Determinants of Health in the Most Populous US Counties	22
Practical Guide to Remote Patient Monitoring in Surgical Patients	22
Practical Guide to Use of Simulation and Video Data	22
Variance Decomposition of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Colon Cancer	22
Assessing the Ambulatory Surgery Center Volume-Outcome Association	22
Efficacy, Safety, and Analysis Issues in a Study of Intraoperative Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Colon Cancer—Reply	22
Radiofrequency Ablation of Small Thyroid Cancer–A Solution Looking for a Problem?	21
Pathomics Signature for Prognosis and Chemotherapy Benefits in Stage III Colon Cancer	21
Adjuvant Transarterial Chemoembolization With Sorafenib for Portal Vein Tumor Thrombus	21
Pregnancy and Parenthood Among US Surgical Residents	21
Using Behavioral Economics to Decrease Operating Room Costs and Promote Better Surgeon Accountability	21
Outcomes Following Lung Transplant for COVID-19–Related Complications in the US	21
Law Enforcement in the Emergency Department	21
Thermal Ablation for Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma	21
Management of Pilonidal Disease	21
Trauma Patient Volume and Clinician Outcomes—Practice Makes Perfect?	21
Comparing Kidney Transplant Rates and Outcomes Among Adults With and Without Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities	21
Circulating Tumor DNA Dynamics as Prognostic Markers in Locally Advanced and Metastatic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma	21
Prevention of Incisional Hernias With Prophylactic Synthetic Mesh Placement During Stoma Reversal	21
The Risk of Risk Stratification in Liver Transplant	21
Automatic Surgical Skill Assessment System Based on Concordance of Standardized Surgical Field Development Using Artificial Intelligence	21
Prognostic Significance of Residual Ductal Carcinoma In Situ After Complete Response of Invasive Breast Cancer to Neoadjuvant Therapy—Reply	20
Prognostic or Therapeutic—The Role of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Contemporary Practice	20
Moving Toward Minimally Invasive Treatments and Better Risk Characterization for Pilonidal Disease	20
The Importance of Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents After Firearm-Related Injury	20
A Careful Consideration of the Effect of a Decision Aid on Agreement Between Patient Preferences and Repair Type for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm—Reply	20
Error in the Byline Order	20
Pain Management Details for Serratus Anterior Plane Blocks in Early Rib Fracture	20
Error in Author Name	20
Social Care Is Medical Care	20
Disability, Caregiving, and the Search for Equity in Transplant	20
Shared Decision-making—It’s Not for Everyone	20
Stomach-Preserving Surgery for Early Gastric Cancer—Reply	20
Dexmedetomidine Infusion for Rib Fractures—Still in Search of the Right Indication?	20
Successful Prevention of Parastomal Hernia Formation With Intra-Abdominal Funnel-Shaped Mesh	20
Etomidate vs Propofol in Older Surgical Patients	20
JAMA Surgery Peer Reviewers in 2023	20
Association of Gangrenous, Suppurative, and Exudative Findings With Outcomes and Resource Utilization in Children With Nonperforated Appendicitis	19
Orchestrating Cancer Care—Will the Surgeon Always Participate?	19
Opening the DOOR to a Novel Approach for Health Services Research	19
Management of Endoleaks After Elective Infrarenal Aortic Endovascular Aneurysm Repair	19
Implementing a Patient-Centered Education Bundle to Improve Venous Thromboembolism Prevention	19
Two Guidelines on Coronary Disease and the Atlantic Divide	19
Reevaluating Liver Donor Risk in the Era of Improved Hepatitis C Virus Treatment	19
Changes in Commercial Payments Following Ventral Hernia Billing Reform	19
Evaluation of Adjuvant Chemotherapy Survival Outcomes Among Patients With Surgically Resected Pancreatic Carcinoma With Node-Negative Disease After Neoadjuvant Therapy	19
Comparing International Revision Incidence of Commonly Used Breast Implants	19
Drug-Gene Interactions and Clinical Outcomes After Vascular Surgery in the Million Veteran Program	19
Association of Obesity With Diverticulitis in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos	19
Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy After Interval Cytoreductive Surgery for Patients With Advanced-Stage Ovarian Cancer Who Had Received Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy	19
Shared Decision-Making in the Surgical Sciences	19
Surgery for Appendicitis—Still Controversial?	19
Open Anterior Mesh Repair vs Modified Open Anterior Mesh Repair for Groin Hernia in Women	18
Citizenship and Social Responsibility in Surgery	18
Clinical Trials Design, Scientific Rigor, and Higher-Level Evidence in Surgery	18
US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Policy Shift	18
Quantifying Frailty Requires a Conceptual Model Before a Statistical Model	18
Feasibility and Clinical Utility of Prediction Models for Breast Cancer–Related Lymphedema Incorporating Racial Differences in Disease Incidence	18
Optimal Practices for Suspected Nodal Melanoma—The Role of the General Surgeon	18
Association Between Patient Perception of Surgeons and Color of Scrub Attire	18