BJS Open

Papers
(The TQCC of BJS Open is 7. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Comment on: Population preference for treatment of uncomplicated appendicitis72
Defining stage in mucinous tumours of the appendix with peritoneal dissemination: the importance of grading terminology: systematic review51
Comment on: Global variation in anastomosis and end colostomy formation following left-sided colorectal resection49
Population preference for treatment of uncomplicated appendicitis48
The PERCEIVE quantitative study: PrEdiction of Risk and Communication of outcome following major lower-limb amputation: protocol for a collaboratiVE study44
Surgeons’ choice for rectal cancer treatment if they were a patient44
Establishment and external validation of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in excluding postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreatoduodenectomy38
Prophylactic mesh augmentation after laparotomy for elective and emergency surgery: meta-analysis37
Tumour origin, diagnostic accuracy and histopathological evaluation in patients with periampullary cancer: nationwide cohort study36
Colonic resection and stoma formation due to chronic diverticular disease: nationwide population-based cohort study33
Ultra-early initiation of postoperative rehabilitation in the post-anaesthesia care unit after major thoracic surgery: case–control study33
Digital technology in informed consent for surgery: systematic review32
Fluorescence-guided surgery: comprehensive review31
Organ-specific malperfusion in acute type A aortic dissection: epidemiological meta-analysis of incidence rates30
Artificial intelligence model for perigastric blood vessel recognition during laparoscopic radical gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy in locally advanced gastric cancer30
Impact of perioperative α1-antagonists on postoperative urinary retention in orthopaedic surgery: meta-analysis30
Erratum to: Quality of reporting of robot-assisted cholecystectomy in relation to the IDEAL recommendations: systematic review29
Correction: Surgical treatment of hilar cholangiocarcinoma: retrospective analysis28
Improving the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist sign-out27
Population-based nationwide incidence of complications after gastrectomy for gastric adenocarcinoma in Finland27
Effect of radiotherapy on long-term quality of life in recurrence-free rectal cancer survivors (LaTE study): nationwide inverse probability of treatment-weighted registry-based cohort study and survey26
Renal failure as a complication of defunctioning ileostomy: more complexity to a complex decision-making process25
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the treatment of rectovaginal fistulas in patients with Crohn’s disease: results of the HOT-REVA pilot study25
Association of hypothyroidism with survival in pancreatic cancer: retrospective cohort study25
Economic cost-utility analysis of stage-directed oesophageal cancer treatment23
Outcome of microscopically non-radical oesophagectomy for oesophageal and oesophagogastric junctional cancer: nationwide cohort study23
Hospital stay after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery23
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 (C23
Rate of stoma formation following damage-control surgery for severe intra-abdominal sepsis: a single-centre consecutive case series23
Association of anaemia, co-morbidities and red blood cell transfusion according to age groups: multicentre sub-analysis of the German Patient Blood Management Network Registry23
Risk for arterial thrombosis after liver transplantation with hepatic artery reconstruction23
Global cost of postoperative ileus following abdominal surgery: meta-analysis22
Modified artery-first approach for distal pancreatectomy with celiac axis resection22
Definitive chemoradiotherapy versus neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by radical surgery for locally advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma: meta-analysis22
Corrigendum to: Development and validation of a novel risk score to predict overall survival following surgical clearance of bilobar colorectal liver metastases21
Impact of rectal washout on recurrence and survival after anterior resection for rectal cancer21
Teaching modern pancreatic surgery: close relationship between centralization, innovation, and dissemination of care20
Continent ileostomy: short- and long-term outcomes of a forgotten procedure20
Mesh-fixation technique for inguinal hernia repair: umbrella review20
The value of intraoperative parathyroid hormone monitoring in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism and varying baseline parathyroid hormone levels20
Randomized clinical trial and meta-analysis of the impact of a fibrin sealant patch on pancreatic fistula after distal pancreatectomy: CPR trial20
Early diagnosis of anastomotic leakage after colorectal cancer surgery using an inflammatory factors-based score system20
Mucinous rectal cancers: clinical features and prognosis in a population-based cohort19
Excision and suture in the midline versus Karydakis flap surgery for pilonidal sinus: randomized clinical trial19
Hepatic vein resection and reconstruction for liver malignancies: expanding indication and enhancing parenchyma-sparing hepatectomy18
Global guidelines for emergency general surgery: systematic review and Delphi prioritization process18
Effect of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery compliance on postoperative venous thromboembolism18
Prediction of risk of osteoporosis after gastrectomy for gastric cancer18
Assessing the utility of natural language processing for detecting postoperative complications from free medical text17
Heart rate variability as a dynamic marker of surgeons’ stress during vascular surgery17
Interventions to prevent and treat sarcopenia in a surgical population: a systematic review and meta-analysis17
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End-of-shift surgical handover: mixed-methods, multicentre evaluation and recommendations for improvement17
Patient, kidney, and pancreas survival in pancreas after kidney transplantationversussimultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation: meta-analysis16
Corrigendum to: Global overview of the management of acute cholecystitis during the COVID-19 pandemic (CHOLECOVID study)16
Postoperative pancreatic fistula: focus should be shifted from early drain removal to early management16
Emergency general surgery in BJS Open—papers of note in 202215
Minimally invasive lung surgery with an intraoperative completely or partially tubeless protocol: randomized clinical trial15
Comment on: Reasons for staying in hospital after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy15
Challenge for the future: assessing the quality of abdominal surgery using composite quality measures14
Influence of pancreatic fistula on survival after upfront pancreatoduodenectomy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: multicentre retrospective study14
Vascular complications of ProGlide versus Prostar in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures: meta-analysis14
Surgical and multimodal treatment of metastatic oesophageal cancer: retrospective cohort study14
Optimizing nodal and staging classification in low rectal cancers with lateral node metastasis: multicentre retrospective cohort study14
Preoperative prophylactic active vitamin D to streamline total thyroidectomy14
Major surgical conditions of childhood and their lifelong implications: comprehensive review14
Incidence of rectal cancer after colectomy for inflammatory bowel disease: nationwide study14
The management of retrorectal tumours: tertiary centre retrospective study14
Workplace mistreatment and mental health in female surgeons in Pakistan14
Serum carcinoembryonic antigen and carbohydrate antigen 19-9 as preoperative diagnostic biomarkers of extrahepatic bile duct cancer14
Role of delay and antibiotics on PERForation rate while waiting appendicECTomy (PERFECT): a protocol for a randomized non-inferiority trial13
Long-term follow-up of the conventional versus no-touch isolation technique for resection of primary colon cancer (JCOG1006): randomized clinical trial13
Association of postoperative opioid type with mortality and readmission rates: multicentre retrospective cohort study13
Prognosis after hepatic resection of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma related to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: meta-analysis13
Author response to: Quality of life after open versus laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy: long-term results from a randomized clinical trial13
Novel Textbook Outcomes following emergency laparotomy: Delphi exercise13
Author response to: Comment on Prophylactic mesh augmentation after laparotomy for elective and emergency surgery: meta-analysis13
Early and late morbidity of local excision after chemoradiotherapy for rectal cancer13
Validation of the OAKS prognostic model for acute kidney injury after gastrointestinal surgery13
Management of patients with locally recurrent rectal cancer with a previous history of distant metastases: retrospective cohort study13
Prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in laparotomy wounds (PROPEL-2): protocol for a randomized clinical trial13
Risk of metachronous neoplasia in early-onset colorectal cancer: meta-analysis13
Author response to: Shortening surgical training through robotics: randomized clinical trial of laparoscopic versus robotic surgical learning curves13
Major hepatectomy with combined vascular resection for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma13
Incidence, detection and outcome of differentiated thyroid cancer in Western Sweden13
Deep learning implementation for extrahepatic bile duct detection during indocyanine green fluorescence-guided laparoscopic cholecystectomy: pilot study12
Feasibility of discharge within 72 hours of major colorectal surgery: lessons learned after 5 years of institutional experience with the ERAS protocol12
Intracorporeal versus extracorporeal anastomosis in laparoscopic right colectomy: updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials12
Bariatric surgery, novel glucose-lowering agents, and insulin for type 2 diabetes and obesity: Bayesian network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials12
Current postoperative nutritional practice after pancreatoduodenectomy in the UK: national survey and snapshot audit12
Quality of life after open versus laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy: long-term results from a randomized clinical trial12
Robot-assisted minimally invasive oesophagectomy versus thoracoscopic approach: multi-institutional study on short-term outcomes12
Action-related eye measures to assess surgical expertise12
Impact of complexity in minimally invasive liver surgery on enhanced recovery measures: prospective study12
Interventional treatments for prolapsing haemorrhoids: network meta-analysis12
Best of general and upper GI surgery in 202312
Intraoperative robotic-assisted low anterior rectal resection performance assessment using procedure-specific binary metrics and a global rating scale12
Perioperative optimization in complex abdominal wall hernias: Delphi consensus statement12
Japanese living donor liver transplantation criteria for hepatocellular carcinoma: nationwide cohort study12
Peripheral low-density granulocytes after colorectal cancer surgery in predicting recurrence12
Prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in first-degree relatives: detecting AAA in adult offspring of AAA patients12
Aortic arch surgery for DeBakey type 1 aortic dissection in patients aged 60 years or younger11
Waste not, want not: orthopaedic waste data11
Minimally invasive versus open pelvic exenterations for rectal cancer: a comparative analysis of perioperative and 3-year oncological outcomes11
Deciphering the inflection points to achieve proficiency for each procedure step during training in laparoscopic appendicectomy11
Association of postoperative infection and oncological outcome after breast cancer surgery11
Author response to: Comparison of four surgical approaches for rectal prolapse: multicentre randomized clinical trial11
Enhanced stress-resilience training for surgical trainees11
Spatioregional assessment of the gut microbiota in experimental necrotizing pancreatitis11
Erratum to: Comparison of short-term outcomes from the International Oesophago-Gastric Anastomosis Audit (OGAA), the Esophagectomy Complications Consensus Group (ECCG), and the Dutch Upper Gastrointes11
Regional variation in non-traumatic major lower limb amputation in England: observational study of linked primary and secondary care data11
Erratum to: P89 Patient reported comorbidity is not a reliable data source: a systematic review of the literature10
Evaluation of intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) data with the Mainz IONM Quality Assurance and Analysis tool10
Ursodeoxycholic acid in the management of symptomatic gallstone disease: systematic review and clinician survey10
Slow-transit constipation and criteria for colectomy: a cross-sectional study of 1568 patients10
Author response to: Excision and suture in the midline versus Karydakis flap surgery for pilonidal sinus: randomized clinical trial10
Long-term weight loss and metabolic benefit from Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in patients with superobesity10
Effect of modifying high-risk factors and prehabilitation on the outcomes of colorectal cancer surgery: controlled before and after study10
Preferences of patients and surgeons regarding counselling before pancreatectomy: 4PC trial10
Effect of peritoneal and wound lavage with super-oxidized solution on surgical-site infection after open appendicectomy in perforated appendicitis (PLaSSo): randomized clinical trial10
Lymph node examination and survival in resected pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: retrospective study10
Therapeutic value of lymph node dissection for Siewert type II and III adenocarcinoma: meta-analysis9
Minimally invasiveversusopen pancreatic surgery: meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials9
Impact of routine nasogastric decompression versus no nasogastric decompression after pancreaticoduodenectomy on perioperative outcomes: meta-analysis9
Polyethylene glycol-coated haemostatic patch for prevention of clinically relevant postoperative pancreatic fistula after pancreatoduodenectomy: randomized clinical trial9
Aggregated 1-year complication rates and health-related quality of life after reconstructive surgery for rectal cancer with or without diverting stoma (Norwegian Stoma Trial): a protocol for national 9
Association of periodontitis and complications after pancreatic surgery9
Comparative cohort study of Duhamel and endorectal pull-through for Hirschsprung’s disease9
Operative versus conservative management for inguinal hernia: a methodology scoping review of randomized controlled trials9
Mechanical and oral antibiotic bowel preparation for all patients undergoing colorectal surgery?9
Postoperative complications after pancreatoduodenectomy for malignancy: results from the Recurrence After Whipple’s (RAW) study9
Pathological complete response as a surrogate to improved survival in human epidermal growth factor receptor-2-positive breast cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis9
Robotic-assisted contra open resection for suspected or confirmed gallbladder cancer (ROBOCOP)9
Major adverse cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality after emergency general surgery among kidney failure patients9
Fournier’s gangrene: 15-year retrospective study at a tertiary hospital9
Severe pleural effusion after hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma: multicentre retrospective study9
Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in colorectal cancer9
Referral rate of patients with incidental gallbladder cancer and survival: outcomes of a multicentre retrospective study9
Impact of COVID-19 on the oncological outcomes of colorectal cancer surgery in northern Italy in 2019 and 2020: multicentre comparative cohort study9
Minimally invasive versus open lateral pancreaticojejunostomy in patients with painful chronic pancreatitis: systematic review9
Risk of malignancy in radiologically and cytologically discordant thyroid nodules, based on Thyroid Imaging, Reporting and Data System (TI-RADS) and Bethesda classifications9
Optimal antiseptic skin preparation agents for minimizing surgical site infection following surgery: cost and cost-effectiveness analysis9
Omental preservation versus omentectomy in curative-intent gastrectomy for gastric cancer: Swedish population-based cohort study8
Association between surgeon volume and the use of laparoscopic liver resection: retrospective cohort study8
Effect of perioperative FLOT versus ECF/ECX on short-term outcomes after surgery for resectable oesophagogastric adenocarcinoma: propensity score-matched study8
Quality of life in restorative versus non-restorative resections for rectal cancer: systematic review8
Fertility treatment and breast-cancer incidence: meta-analysis8
Association of transport time with adverse outcome in paediatric trauma8
Impact of structured multicentre enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol implementation on length of stay after colorectal surgery8
Relationship between pancreatic cancer resection rate and survival at population level: systematic review8
Ultrasound-guided abdominal wall infiltration versus freehand technique in anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome (ACNES): randomized clinical trial8
Complications and adverse events in lymphadenectomy of the inguinal area: worldwide expert consensus8
Short-term outcomes of open surgical abdominal aortic aneurysm repair from the Dutch Surgical Aneurysm Audit8
Impact of a national guideline for the management of peripheral arterial disease on revascularization rates in England: interrupted time series analysis8
Survival after standard or oncoplastic breast-conserving surgery versus mastectomy for breast cancer8
Definition and diagnosis of postsurgical hypoparathyroidism after thyroid surgery: meta-analysis8
Training surgeons to optimize communication and symptom management in patients with life-limiting conditions: systematic review8
Preventing thromboembolism—another benefit of ERAS8
Effectiveness of a low-glycaemic-index formula on post-gastrectomy hypoglycaemia in patients with gastric cancer: randomized crossover study8
The best of HPB in BJS Open 20238
Prognostic significance of the microbiome–adipose tissue axis in rectal cancer: protocol of a prospective observational study8
Hereditary colorectal, gastric, and pancreatic cancer: comprehensive review8
The quantitative impact of COVID-19 on surgical training in the United Kingdom8
Erratum to: Does a tailored, multilevel implementation programme help clinicians to apply shared decision-making in breast cancer care? A before-after study8
A multilevel, step-based model to evaluate progress in procedure efficiency for laparoscopic appendicectomy in surgical training: structured evaluation using ‘ebb-and-flow’ and ‘string-of-pearls’ conc8
Impact of a transition of care bundle on health-related quality of life after major emergency abdominal surgery: before-and-after study7
Author response to: Comment on: Minimally invasive versus open pancreatic surgery: meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials7
Survival outcomes after breast cancer surgery among older women with early invasive breast cancer in England: population-based cohort study7
Surgical treatment of anorectal melanoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis7
Comment on: Comparison between thoracic epidural analgesia and rectus sheath catheter analgesia after open midline major abdominal surgery: randomized clinical trial7
Identifying malnutrition in emergency general surgery: systematic review7
Impact of preoperative uni- or multimodal prehabilitation on postoperative morbidity: meta-analysis7
Somatic symptom severity association with healthcare utilization and costs in surgical inpatients with an episode of abdominal pain7
Laparoscopic and open surgery in patients with transverse colon cancer: short-term and oncological outcomes7
Comment on: Recruitment and retention of participants in UK surgical trials: survey of key issues reported by trial staff7
Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in colorectal cancer7
Clinical outcomes of surgical and imatinib treatment for rectal gastrointestinal stromal tumours: retrospective cohort study7
Neoadjuvant therapy versus upfront surgery in resectable pancreatic cancer: reconstructed patient-level meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials7
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