OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BJS Open is 27. 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
Safe and transparent introduction and evaluation of targeted axillary dissection in patients with node-positive breast cancer undergoing primary surgery: international consensus process	149
Surgeons’ choice for rectal cancer treatment if they were a patient	75
Effect of transversus abdominis plane blocks in abdominoplasties on postoperative outcomes	69
Comment on: Population preference for treatment of uncomplicated appendicitis	54
Perioperative characteristics and short-term morbidity after surgery for renal hyperparathyroidism: multicentre EUROCRINE® registry study	48
Colonic resection and stoma formation due to chronic diverticular disease: nationwide population-based cohort study	48
Post-thyroid surgery adhesion prevention using oxidized regenerated cellulose and hyaluronic acid: prospective, single-blinded, randomized study	46
Establishment and external validation of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in excluding postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreatoduodenectomy	46
Tumour origin, diagnostic accuracy and histopathological evaluation in patients with periampullary cancer: nationwide cohort study	44
Watch-and-wait approach in high-risk locally advanced rectal cancer: outcomes after complete response to total neoadjuvant therapy	44
Prophylactic mesh augmentation after laparotomy for elective and emergency surgery: meta-analysis	39
Digital technology in informed consent for surgery: systematic review	37
Ultra-early initiation of postoperative rehabilitation in the post-anaesthesia care unit after major thoracic surgery: case–control study	37
Fluorescence-guided surgery: comprehensive review	37
Economic cost-utility analysis of stage-directed oesophageal cancer treatment	35
Renal failure as a complication of defunctioning ileostomy: more complexity to a complex decision-making process	33
Correction: Surgical treatment of hilar cholangiocarcinoma: retrospective analysis	33
Hospital stay after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery	32
Modified artery-first approach for distal pancreatectomy with celiac axis resection	31
Impact of perioperative α1-antagonists on postoperative urinary retention in orthopaedic surgery: meta-analysis	31
Risk for arterial thrombosis after liver transplantation with hepatic artery reconstruction	30
Association of anaemia, co-morbidities and red blood cell transfusion according to age groups: multicentre sub-analysis of the German Patient Blood Management Network Registry	30
Erratum to: Quality of reporting of robot-assisted cholecystectomy in relation to the IDEAL recommendations: systematic review	30
Oncological impact of unexpected horizontal tumour spread in oesophagogastric junction cancer	30
Effects of the superior mesenteric artery approach versus the no-touch approach during pancreatoduodenectomy on the mobilization of circulating tumour cells and clusters in pancreatic cancer (C	29

Population-based nationwide incidence of complications after gastrectomy for gastric adenocarcinoma in Finland	29
Association of hypothyroidism with survival in pancreatic cancer: retrospective cohort study	28
Artificial intelligence model for perigastric blood vessel recognition during laparoscopic radical gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy in locally advanced gastric cancer	27
Definitive chemoradiotherapy versus neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by radical surgery for locally advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma: meta-analysis	27