| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Complications to thyroid surgery: results as reported in a database from a multicenter audit comprising 3,660 patients | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2008 | 576 |
| 2 | Tobacco and the risk of pancreatic cancer: a review and meta-analysis | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2008 | 437 |
| 3 | Chronic inflammation and oxidative stress in the genesis and perpetuation of cancer: role of lipid peroxidation, DNA damage, and repair | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2006 | 424 |
| 4 | Intraoperative laser fluorescence angiography in colorectal surgery: a noninvasive analysis to reduce the rate of anastomotic leakage | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2010 | 270 |
| 5 | Management of peritoneal-surface malignancy: the surgeon's role | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 1999 | 251 |
| 6 | Navigation in surgery | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2013 | 226 |
| 7 | German Association of Endocrine Surgeons practice guideline for the surgical management of malignant thyroid tumors | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2013 | 226 |
| 8 | Studies on the biocompatibility and the interaction of silver nanoparticles with human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2009 | 217 |
| 9 | Synbiotics reduce postoperative infectious complications: a randomized controlled trial in biliary cancer patients undergoing hepatectomy | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2005 | 208 |
| 10 | Laparoscopic versus conventional colorectal resection: a prospective randomised study of postoperative ileus and early postoperative feeding | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 1998 | 202 |
| 11 | Surgical trauma: hyperinflammation versus immunosuppression? | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2004 | 202 |
| 12 | Intestinal ischemia/reperfusion: microcirculatory pathology and functional consequences | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2011 | 200 |
| 13 | Muscle reconstruction in reconstructive surgery: soft tissue repair and long bone reconstruction | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2003 | 197 |
| 14 | Unchanged high mortality rates from acute occlusive intestinal ischemia: six year review | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2008 | 195 |
| 15 | Procalcitonin (PCT)-guided algorithm reduces length of antibiotic treatment in surgical intensive care patients with severe sepsis: results of a prospective randomized study | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2009 | 193 |
| 16 | Inflammatory response after laparoscopic and conventional colorectal resections - results of a prospective randomized trial | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2000 | 190 |
| 17 | Optimal literature search for systematic reviews in surgery | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2018 | 190 |
| 18 | Cigarette smoking: cancer risks, carcinogens, and mechanisms | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2006 | 185 |
| 19 | Risk factors associated with intraabdominal infections: a prospective multicenter study | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 1999 | 174 |
| 20 | Hip joint contact forces during stumbling | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2004 | 171 |
| 21 | Indocyanine green fluorescence angiography for intraoperative assessment of gastrointestinal anastomotic perfusion: a systematic review of clinical trials | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2016 | 163 |
| 22 | Validity of intra-operative neuromonitoring signals in thyroid surgery | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2004 | 162 |
| 23 | Effectiveness of a new carrier-bound fibrin sealant versus argon beamer as haemostatic agent during liver resection: a randomised prospective trial | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2005 | 160 |
| 24 | Pancreaticobiliary maljunction and carcinogenesis to biliary and pancreatic malignancy | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2009 | 157 |
| 25 | Decreased collagen type�I/III ratio in patients with recurring hernia after implantation of alloplastic prostheses | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2004 | 156 |
| 26 | German Association of Endocrine Surgeons practice guidelines for the surgical treatment of benign thyroid disease | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2011 | 154 |
| 27 | Enucleation in pancreatic surgery: indications, technique, and outcome compared to standard pancreatic resections | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2011 | 150 |
| 28 | Reoperative surgery for thyroid disease | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2007 | 147 |
| 29 | Evaluation of Halle, Miami, Rome, and Vienna intraoperative iPTH assay criteria in guiding minimally invasive parathyroidectomy | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2009 | 144 |
| 30 | Fast-track surgery—an update on physiological care principles to enhance recovery | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2011 | 144 |
| 31 | Surgical management of proximal bile duct cancer: extended right lobe resection increases resectability and radicality | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2003 | 141 |
| 32 | Imaging for primary hyperparathyroidism—an evidence-based analysis | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2009 | 139 |
| 33 | Minimally invasive videoscopic parathyroidectomy by lateral approach | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 1999 | 138 |
| 34 | The role of muscles in joint adaptation and degeneration | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2003 | 138 |
| 35 | The diversity and commonalities of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2011 | 138 |
| 36 | Prophylactic central neck disection in papillary thyroid cancer: a consensus report of the European Society of Endocrine Surgeons (ESES) | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2014 | 136 |
| 37 | Towards cybernetic surgery: robotic and augmented reality-assisted liver segmentectomy | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2015 | 136 |
| 38 | Surgical management of peptic ulcer disease today - indication, technique and outcome | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2000 | 132 |
| 39 | Laparoscopic approach for solitary insulinoma: a multicentre study | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2005 | 131 |
| 40 | Radical resection with autonomic nerve preservation and lymph node dissection techniques in lower rectal cancer surgery and its results: the impact of lateral lymph node dissection | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 1998 | 130 |
| 41 | Chronic pain after hernia repair: a randomized trial comparing Shouldice, Lichtenstein and TAPP | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2004 | 128 |
| 42 | Postoperative laryngoscopy in thyroid surgery: proper timing to detect recurrent laryngeal nerve injury | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2010 | 127 |
| 43 | The mesopancreas is the primary site for R1 resection in pancreatic head cancer: relevance for clinical trials | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2010 | 125 |
| 44 | Laparoscopic vs conventional appendectomy - a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 1998 | 124 |
| 45 | Molecular mechanisms in the early phase of hemorrhagic shock | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2001 | 124 |
| 46 | Minimally invasive video-assisted surgery of the thyroid: a preliminary report | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2000 | 122 |
| 47 | Pathophysiology of pain | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2004 | 122 |
| 48 | Is central neck dissection a safe procedure in the treatment of papillary thyroid cancer? Our experience | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2008 | 122 |
| 49 | Anaplastic (undifferentiated) thyroid carcinoma (ATC) | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 1999 | 119 |
| 50 | Gastrointestinal stromal tumours: a regular origin in the muscularis propria, but an extremely diverse gross presentation | Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | 2006 | 119 |
