| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | A RATING SCALE FOR DEPRESSION | Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry | 1960 | 27,271 |
| 2 | Classification of Surgical Complications | Annals of Surgery | 2004 | 24,015 |
| 3 | PD-1 and PD-L1 Immune Checkpoint Blockade to Treat Breast Cancer | Breast Care | 2016 | 20,872 |
| 4 | Accuracy of clinical diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease: a clinico-pathological study of 100 cases. | Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry | 1992 | 9,027 |
| 5 | Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: The PRISMA statement | International Journal of Surgery | 2010 | 8,663 |
| 6 | The Clavien-Dindo Classification of Surgical Complications | Annals of Surgery | 2009 | 8,080 |
| 7 | The American Joint Committee on Cancer: the 7th Edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual and the Future of TNM | Annals of Surgical Oncology | 2010 | 7,085 |
| 8 | Transection of the oesophagus for bleeding oesophageal varices | British Journal of Surgery | 2005 | 6,779 |
| 9 | The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) Statement: Guidelines for reporting observational studies | International Journal of Surgery | 2014 | 5,967 |
| 10 | LOSS OF RECENT MEMORY AFTER BILATERAL HIPPOCAMPAL LESIONS | Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry | 1957 | 5,800 |
| 11 | Inter-Society Consensus for the Management of Peripheral Arterial Disease (TASC II) | Journal of Vascular Surgery | 2007 | 5,618 |
| 12 | Traumatic Arthritis of the Hip after Dislocation and Acetabular Fractures | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A | 1969 | 5,084 |
| 13 | The SCARE 2020 Guideline: Updating Consensus Surgical CAse REport (SCARE) Guidelines | International Journal of Surgery | 2020 | 5,005 |
| 14 | Selective Cortical Undercutting As a Means of Modifying and Studying Frontal Lobe Function in Man | Journal of Neurosurgery | 1949 | 4,987 |
| 15 | Methodological index for non-randomized studies (MINORS ): development and validation of a new instrument | ANZ Journal of Surgery | 2003 | 4,914 |
| 16 | Classification and Grading of Gastritis | American Journal of Surgical Pathology | 1996 | 4,403 |
| 17 | The socio-economic implications of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19): A review | International Journal of Surgery | 2020 | 4,299 |
| 18 | Projections of Primary and Revision Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in the United States from 2005 to 2030 | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A | 2007 | 4,284 |
| 19 | Projections of Primary and Revision Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in the United States from 2005 to 2030 | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A | 2007 | 4,058 |
| 20 | World Health Organization declares global emergency: A review of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) | International Journal of Surgery | 2020 | 3,919 |
| 21 | Postoperative pancreatic fistula: An international study group (ISGPF) definition | Surgery | 2005 | 3,894 |
| 22 | Parkinson's disease: clinical features and diagnosis | Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry | 2008 | 3,887 |
| 23 | Clinical Rating Systems for the Ankle-Hindfoot, Midfoot, Hallux, and Lesser Toes | Foot and Ankle International | 1994 | 3,774 |
| 24 | The PRISMA 2020 statement: An updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews | International Journal of Surgery | 2021 | 3,487 |
| 25 | A 15-year study of osseointegrated implants in the treatment of the edentulous jaw | International Journal of Oral Surgery | 1981 | 3,324 |
| 26 | Clinical Score for Predicting Recurrence After Hepatic Resection for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer | Annals of Surgery | 1999 | 3,237 |
| 27 | Facial Nerve Grading System | Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery | 1985 | 3,180 |
| 28 | Transfemoral Intraluminal Graft Implantation for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms | Annals of Vascular Surgery | 1991 | 3,110 |
| 29 | Hemangiomas and Vascular Malformations in Infants and Children | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | 1982 | 3,100 |
| 30 | Recommended standards for reports dealing with lower extremity ischemia: Revised version | Journal of Vascular Surgery | 1997 | 3,094 |
| 31 | European system for cardiac operative risk evaluation (EuroSCORE) | European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery | 1999 | 2,998 |
| 32 | Trastuzumab-Induced Hepatotoxicity: A Case Report | Breast Care | 2013 | 2,975 |
| 33 | The relevance of the Lewy body to the pathogenesis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease. | Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry | 1988 | 2,935 |
| 34 | Surgical Risk as Related to Time of Intervention in the Repair of Intracranial Aneurysms | Journal of Neurosurgery | 1968 | 2,886 |
| 35 | Prevention of infection in the treatment of one thousand and twenty-five open fractures of long bones | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A | 1976 | 2,874 |
| 36 | Neonatal Necrotizing Enterocolitis | Annals of Surgery | 1978 | 2,827 |
| 37 | PERSPECTIVE ARTICLE: Growth factors and cytokines in wound healing | Wound Repair and Regeneration | 2008 | 2,771 |
| 38 | Relation of Cerebral Vasospasm to Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Visualized by Computerized Tomographic Scanning | Neurosurgery | 1980 | 2,689 |
| 39 | The 2016 update of the International Study Group (ISGPS) definition and grading of postoperative pancreatic fistula: 11 Years After | Surgery | 2017 | 2,655 |
| 40 | Randomized trial of lobectomy versus limited resection for T1 N0 non-small cell lung cancer | Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 1995 | 2,649 |
| 41 | Noninvasive transcranial Doppler ultrasound recording of flow velocity in basal cerebral arteries | Journal of Neurosurgery | 1982 | 2,626 |
| 42 | Family history of subarachnoid haemorrhage: supplemental value of scrutinizing all relatives. | Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry | 1997 | 2,568 |
| 43 | Ectopic Ossification Following Total Hip Replacement | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A | 1973 | 2,549 |
| 44 | Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Lymphadenectomy for Breast Cancer | Annals of Surgery | 1994 | 2,542 |
| 45 | Epidemiology of adult fractures: A review | Injury | 2006 | 2,507 |
| 46 | A multivariate analysis of 416 patients with glioblastoma multiforme: prognosis, extent of resection, and survival | Journal of Neurosurgery | 2001 | 2,484 |
| 47 | Pamidronate (Aredia) and zoledronate (Zometa) induced avascular necrosis of the jaws: a growing epidemic | Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | 2003 | 2,475 |
| 48 | Guidelines for the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, Fourth Edition | Neurosurgery | 2017 | 2,457 |
| 49 | Interplay between Cortical Spreading Depolarization and Seizures | Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery | 2017 | 2,441 |
| 50 | Prognostic significance of morphologic parameters in renal cell carcinoma | American Journal of Surgical Pathology | 1982 | 2,430 |
| 51 | Global epidemiology of oral and oropharyngeal cancer | Oral Oncology | 2009 | 2,396 |
| 52 | The mesorectum in rectal cancer surgery—the clue to pelvic recurrence? | British Journal of Surgery | 2005 | 2,369 |
| 53 | The 2005 International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) Consensus Conference on Gleason Grading of Prostatic Carcinoma | American Journal of Surgical Pathology | 2005 | 2,334 |
| 54 | Virtual Reality Training Improves Operating Room Performance | Annals of Surgery | 2002 | 2,315 |
| 55 | Osseointegrated Titanium Implants:Requirements for Ensuring a Long-Lasting, Direct Bone-to-Implant Anchorage in Man | Acta Orthopaedica | 1981 | 2,308 |
| 56 | Delayed gastric emptying (DGE) after pancreatic surgery: A suggested definition by the International Study Group of Pancreatic Surgery (ISGPS) | Surgery | 2007 | 2,293 |
| 57 | Human skin wounds: A major and snowballing threat to public health and the economy | Wound Repair and Regeneration | 2009 | 2,277 |
| 58 | Inter-Society Consensus for the Management of Peripheral Arterial Disease (TASC II) | European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery | 2007 | 2,274 |
| 59 | The 2014 International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) Consensus Conference on Gleason Grading of Prostatic Carcinoma | American Journal of Surgical Pathology | 2016 | 2,256 |
| 60 | Two Hundred Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors | Annals of Surgery | 2000 | 2,236 |
| 61 | Enhanced Recovery After Surgery | JAMA Surgery | 2017 | 2,234 |
| 62 | Dislocations after total hip-replacement arthroplasties. | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A | 1978 | 2,229 |
| 63 | THE ETIOLOGY OF CHONDROMALACIA PATELLAE | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery: British Volume | 1961 | 2,187 |
| 64 | 2014 ESC/EACTS Guidelines on myocardial revascularization | European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery | 2014 | 2,164 |
| 65 | EuroSCORE II | European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery | 2012 | 2,159 |
| 66 | Platelet-rich plasma | Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology and Endodontics | 1998 | 2,155 |
| 67 | The SCARE 2018 statement: Updating consensus Surgical CAse REport (SCARE) guidelines | International Journal of Surgery | 2018 | 2,111 |
| 68 | Thickness, Cross-Sectional Areas and Depth of Invasion in the Prognosis of Cutaneous Melanoma | Annals of Surgery | 1970 | 2,101 |
| 69 | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 2017 | JAMA Surgery | 2017 | 2,099 |
| 70 | A proposed grading system for arteriovenous malformations | Journal of Neurosurgery | 1986 | 2,057 |
| 71 | Pain assessment: global use of the Brief Pain Inventory | Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore | 1994 | 2,047 |
| 72 | Fracture and Dislocation Classification Compendium - 2007 | Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 2007 | 2,042 |
| 73 | American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Position Paper on Medication-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw—2014 Update | Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | 2014 | 2,019 |
| 74 | Cardiac valve surgery—the “French correction” | Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 1983 | 2,018 |
| 75 | THE RECURRENCE OF INTRACRANIAL MENINGIOMAS AFTER SURGICAL TREATMENT | Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry | 1957 | 1,997 |
| 76 | Who Would Have Thought It? An Operation Proves to Be the Most Effective Therapy for Adult-Onset Diabetes Mellitus | Annals of Surgery | 1995 | 1,991 |
| 77 | Chapter 4 European guidelines for the management of chronic nonspecific low back pain | European Spine Journal | 2006 | 1,955 |
| 78 | Plasmonic photothermal therapy (PPTT) using gold nanoparticles | Lasers in Medical Science | 2008 | 1,950 |
| 79 | Gastrostomy without laparotomy: A percutaneous endoscopic technique | Journal of Pediatric Surgery | 1980 | 1,905 |
| 80 | Postpancreatectomy hemorrhage (PPH)–An International Study Group of Pancreatic Surgery (ISGPS) definition | Surgery | 2007 | 1,901 |
| 81 | The long-term efficacy of currently used dental implants: a review and proposed criteria of success | International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Implants | 1986 | 1,900 |
| 82 | Anterior Acromioplasty for the Chronic Impingement Syndrome in the Shoulder | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A | 1972 | 1,894 |
| 83 | A comprehensive classification of thoracic and lumbar injuries | European Spine Journal | 1994 | 1,891 |
| 84 | Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity | Postgraduate Medical Journal | 1969 | 1,868 |
| 85 | Vacuum-Assisted Closure: A New Method for Wound Control and Treatment | Annals of Plastic Surgery | 1997 | 1,860 |
| 86 | The Outcome and Repair Integrity of Completely Arthroscopically Repaired Large and Massive Rotator Cuff Tears | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A | 2004 | 1,806 |
| 87 | The International Cooperative Studyon the Timing of Aneurysm Surgery | Journal of Neurosurgery | 1990 | 1,782 |
| 88 | Abnormal magnetic-resonance scans of the lumbar spine in asymptomatic subjects. A prospective investigation. | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A | 1990 | 1,781 |
| 89 | The Development of the Dizziness Handicap Inventory | JAMA Otolaryngology | 1990 | 1,767 |
| 90 | Biochemical and Metabolic Abnormalities in Articular Cartilage from Osteo-Arthritic Human Hips | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A | 1971 | 1,753 |
| 91 | Morbidity at Bone Graft Donor Sites | Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma | 1989 | 1,749 |
| 92 | Displaced Proximal Humeral Fractures | Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A | 1970 | 1,744 |
| 93 | Objective structured assessment of technical skill (OSATS) for surgical residents | British Journal of Surgery | 1997 | 1,735 |
| 94 | 2011 Update to The Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Blood Conservation Clinical Practice Guidelines | Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 2011 | 1,733 |
| 95 | Frailty as a Predictor of Surgical Outcomes in Older Patients | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2010 | 1,731 |
| 96 | Osteonecrosis of the jaws associated with the use of bisphosphonates: a review of 63 cases | Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | 2004 | 1,727 |
| 97 | The cholinergic hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease: a review of progress | Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry | 1999 | 1,714 |
| 98 | Posthepatectomy liver failure: A definition and grading by the International Study Group of Liver Surgery (ISGLS) | Surgery | 2011 | 1,703 |
| 99 | Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE): Explanation and elaboration | International Journal of Surgery | 2014 | 1,698 |
| 100 | Editor's Choice – European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2019 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Abdominal Aorto-iliac Artery Aneurysms | European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery | 2019 | 1,684 |
