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1 | Frailty as a Predictor of Surgical Outcomes in Older Patients | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2010 | 1,731 |
2 | Development and Evaluation of the Universal ACS NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator: A Decision Aid and Informed Consent Tool for Patients and Surgeons | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2013 | 1,412 |
3 | Toward Robust Information: Data Quality and Inter-Rater Reliability in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2010 | 1,139 |
4 | An analysis of the problem of biliary injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 1995 | 1,035 |
5 | Seven hundred forty-seven hepatectomies in the 1990s: an update to evaluate the actual risk of liver resection1 | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2000 | 985 |
6 | A Prospectively Validated Clinical Risk Score Accurately Predicts Pancreatic Fistula after Pancreatoduodenectomy | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2013 | 912 |
7 | Surgical Risk Factors, Morbidity, and Mortality in Elderly Patients | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2006 | 851 |
8 | Hospital costs associated with surgical complications: A report from the private-sector National Surgical Quality Improvement Program | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2004 | 827 |
9 | Pancreatic cancer: a report of treatment and survival trends for 100,313 patients diagnosed from 1985–1995, using the National Cancer Database11No competing interests declared. | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 1999 | 758 |
10 | Antithrombotic Therapy and Endovascular Stents Are Effective Treatment for Blunt Carotid Injuries: Results from Longterm Followup | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2007 | 743 |
11 | Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: The Importance of This Emerging Stage of Disease | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2008 | 740 |
12 | Liver Hanging Maneuver: A Safe Approach To Right Hepatectomy Without Liver Mobilization | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2001 | 717 |
13 | Surgical Treatment of Neuroendocrine Metastases to the Liver | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2003 | 716 |
14 | Patterns of Communication Breakdowns Resulting in Injury to Surgical Patients | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2007 | 716 |
15 | Optimal Preoperative Assessment of the Geriatric Surgical Patient: A Best Practices Guideline from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program and the American Geriatrics Society | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2012 | 716 |
16 | Sixteen-Slice CT Angiography in Patients with Suspected Blunt Carotid and Vertebral Artery Injuries | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2006 | 713 |
17 | Solid Pseudopapillary Tumors of the Pancreas: Review of 718 Patients Reported in English Literature | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2005 | 704 |
18 | Laparoscopic training on bench models: better and more cost effective than operating room experience?1 | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2000 | 683 |
19 | Sarcopenia and Mortality after Liver Transplantation | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2010 | 680 |
20 | Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer: Guidelines and Pitfalls of Lymphoscintigraphy and Gamma Probe Detection | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 1998 | 671 |
21 | Rationale and Use of the Critical View of Safety in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2010 | 667 |
22 | A Prospective, Randomized Trial Comparing Laparoscopic Versus Conventional Techniques in Colorectal Cancer Surgery: A Preliminary Report | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 1998 | 664 |
23 | American College of Surgeons and Surgical Infection Society: Surgical Site Infection Guidelines, 2016 Update | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2017 | 664 |
24 | Hepatic neuroendocrine metastases: does intervention alter outcomes?1 | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2000 | 589 |
25 | Total mesorectal excision in the operative treatment of carcinoma of the rectum | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 1995 | 576 |
26 | New 5-Factor Modified Frailty Index Using American College of Surgeons NSQIP Data | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2018 | 573 |
27 | Lethal Injuries and Time to Death in a Level I Trauma Center 1 1The views expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Navy, Department of Defense, nor the U.S. Government. | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 1998 | 560 |
28 | Operating Room Teamwork among Physicians and Nurses: Teamwork in the Eye of the Beholder | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2006 | 551 |
29 | Hepatic Insufficiency and Mortality in 1,059 Noncirrhotic Patients Undergoing Major Hepatectomy | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2007 | 550 |
30 | Risk Adjustment of the Postoperative Mortality Rate for the Comparative Assessment of the Quality of Surgical Care: Results of the National Veterans Affairs Surgical Risk Study | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 1997 | 543 |
31 | Risk Factors for 30-Day Hospital Readmission among General Surgery Patients | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2012 | 527 |
32 | Perioperative Outcomes of Major Hepatic Resections Under Low Central Venous Pressure Anesthesia: Blood Loss, Blood Transfusion, and the Risk of Postoperative Renal Dysfunction | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 1998 | 526 |
33 | Impact of gastric bypass operation on survival: A population-based analysis | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2004 | 521 |
34 | Genetic markers in sepsis | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2001 | 516 |
35 | Prevention of postoperative abdominal adhesions by a sodium hyaluronate-based bioresorbable membrane: a prospective, randomized, double-blind multicenter study | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 1996 | 515 |
36 | Laparoscopic repair of large type III hiatal hernia: objective followup reveals high recurrence rate11No competing interests declared. | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2000 | 500 |
37 | Necrotizing Fasciitis: Current Concepts and Review of the Literature | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2009 | 487 |
38 | Resection or transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic patients: outcomes based on indicated treatment strategy11No competing interests declared. | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2000 | 484 |
39 | Efficacy of Continuous Wound Catheters Delivering Local Anesthetic for Postoperative Analgesia: A Quantitative and Qualitative Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2006 | 481 |
40 | Optimizing ACS NSQIP Modeling for Evaluation of Surgical Quality and Risk: Patient Risk Adjustment, Procedure Mix Adjustment, Shrinkage Adjustment, and Surgical Focus | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2013 | 481 |
41 | Abdominal Adhesiolysis: Inpatient Care and Expenditures in the United States in 1994 | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 1998 | 479 |
42 | Association of Hypertension, Diabetes, Dyslipidemia, and Metabolic Syndrome with Obesity: Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999 to 2004 | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2008 | 479 |
43 | Factors Associated With the Occurrence of Leaks in Stapled Rectal Anastomoses: A Review of 1,014 Patients | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 1997 | 462 |
44 | Perfusion Assessment in Laparoscopic Left-Sided/Anterior Resection (PILLAR II): A Multi-Institutional Study | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2015 | 453 |
45 | Effect of Steatohepatitis Associated with Irinotecan or Oxaliplatin Pretreatment on Resectability of Hepatic Colorectal Metastases | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2005 | 450 |
46 | Two Thousand Consecutive Pancreaticoduodenectomies | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2015 | 450 |
47 | Vascular Complications of Orthotopic Liver Transplantation: Experience in More than 4,200 Patients | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2009 | 441 |
48 | Esophageal cancer: results of an American College of Surgeons patient care evaluation study11No competing interests declared. | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2000 | 436 |
49 | Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy: A Series of 500 Patients | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2015 | 435 |
50 | Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy: Thoracoscopic Mobilization of the Esophagus and Mediastinal Lymphadenectomy in Prone Position—Experience of 130 Patients | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2006 | 432 |