| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Worldwide burden of colorectal cancer: a review | Updates in Surgery | 2016 | 549 |
| 2 | Breast cancer in young women: an overview | Updates in Surgery | 2017 | 442 |
| 3 | The clinical use of 3D printing in surgery | Updates in Surgery | 2018 | 121 |
| 4 | Transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy: preliminary experience in Italy | Updates in Surgery | 2017 | 95 |
| 5 | Tumor markers of uterine cervical cancer: a new scenario to guide surgical practice? | Updates in Surgery | 2017 | 87 |
| 6 | Learning curve for laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy in a high-volume hospital | Updates in Surgery | 2012 | 78 |
| 7 | Augmented reality in open surgery | Updates in Surgery | 2018 | 78 |
| 8 | Progress in gastric cancer | Updates in Surgery | 2018 | 78 |
| 9 | The learning curve in robotic distal pancreatectomy | Updates in Surgery | 2015 | 77 |
| 10 | Our initial experience with ALPPS technique: encouraging results | Updates in Surgery | 2012 | 75 |
| 11 | Meta-analysis of laparoscopic vs open liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma | Updates in Surgery | 2017 | 69 |
| 12 | Laparoscopic mini-gastric bypass: short-term single-institute experience | Updates in Surgery | 2011 | 68 |
| 13 | Preoperative work-up for definition of lymph node risk involvement in early stage endometrial cancer: 5-year follow-up | Updates in Surgery | 2017 | 67 |
| 14 | A review on functional results of sphincter-saving surgery for rectal cancer: the anterior resection syndrome | Updates in Surgery | 2013 | 66 |
| 15 | Fertility sparing surgery for stage IA type I and G2 endometrial cancer in reproductive-aged patients: evidence-based approach and future perspectives | Updates in Surgery | 2017 | 64 |
| 16 | Fast-track laparoscopic bariatric surgery: a systematic review | Updates in Surgery | 2013 | 63 |
| 17 | Defining indications to ALPPS procedure: technical aspects and open issues | Updates in Surgery | 2014 | 62 |
| 18 | Are there still indications for total pancreatectomy? | Updates in Surgery | 2016 | 59 |
| 19 | The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on surgical residency programmes in Italy: a nationwide analysis on behalf of the Italian Polyspecialistic Young Surgeons Society (SPIGC) | Updates in Surgery | 2020 | 59 |
| 20 | What happened to surgical emergencies in the era of COVID-19 outbreak? Considerations of surgeons working in an Italian COVID-19 red zone | Updates in Surgery | 2020 | 59 |
| 21 | Laparoscopic versus open distal gastrectomy for locally advanced gastric cancer: a case–control study | Updates in Surgery | 2011 | 58 |
| 22 | Consequences of defensive medicine, second victims, and clinical-judicial syndrome on surgeons’ medical practice and on health service | Updates in Surgery | 2015 | 57 |
| 23 | Total pancreatectomy: indications, operative technique, and results | Updates in Surgery | 2010 | 56 |
| 24 | The ALPPS technique for bilateral colorectal metastases: three “variations on a theme” | Updates in Surgery | 2013 | 56 |
| 25 | A new system of microwave ablation at 2450 MHz: preliminary experience | Updates in Surgery | 2015 | 56 |
| 26 | Postoperative discomfort and pain in the management of hemorrhoidal disease: laser hemorrhoidoplasty, a minimal invasive treatment of symptomatic hemorrhoids | Updates in Surgery | 2020 | 54 |
| 27 | Preoperative fasting: current practice and areas for improvement | Updates in Surgery | 2014 | 53 |
| 28 | Binding pancreaticoenteric anastomosis: from binding pancreaticojejunostomy to binding pancreaticogastrostomy | Updates in Surgery | 2011 | 52 |
| 29 | Surgery for isolated liver metastases from pancreatic cancer | Updates in Surgery | 2015 | 52 |
| 30 | Diffusion, outcomes and implementation of minimally invasive liver surgery: a snapshot from the I Go MILS (Italian Group of Minimally Invasive Liver Surgery) Registry | Updates in Surgery | 2017 | 52 |
| 31 | Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: prognostic factors after liver resection | Updates in Surgery | 2010 | 50 |
| 32 | Persistent and recurrent hyperparathyroidism | Updates in Surgery | 2017 | 50 |
| 33 | Laparoscopic versus open distal pancreatectomy in pancreatic tumours: a case–control study | Updates in Surgery | 2010 | 48 |
| 34 | Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: efficacy of fibrin sealant in reducing postoperative bleeding. A randomized controlled trial | Updates in Surgery | 2014 | 48 |
| 35 | Surgical management of papillary thyroid carcinoma: an overview | Updates in Surgery | 2017 | 48 |
| 36 | Italian experience in minimally invasive liver surgery: a national survey | Updates in Surgery | 2015 | 47 |
| 37 | Recurrent laryngeal nerve management in thyroid surgery: consequences of routine visualization, application of intermittent, standardized and continuous nerve monitoring | Updates in Surgery | 2016 | 47 |
| 38 | Intraoperative neuromonitoring in thyroid surgery: a point prevalence survey on utilization, management, and documentation in Italy | Updates in Surgery | 2014 | 46 |
| 39 | Laparoscopic resection of transverse colon cancer at splenic flexure: technical aspects and results | Updates in Surgery | 2016 | 45 |
| 40 | The difficulty of laparoscopic liver resection | Updates in Surgery | 2015 | 44 |
| 41 | Long-term effects of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy versus Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for the treatment of morbid obesity: a monocentric prospective study with minimum follow-up of 5 years | Updates in Surgery | 2017 | 44 |
| 42 | Multimodal treatment in locally advanced gastric cancer | Updates in Surgery | 2018 | 44 |
| 43 | Surgical treatment of high stage endometrial cancer: current perspectives | Updates in Surgery | 2016 | 43 |
| 44 | Management of uterine leiomyomas in pregnancy: review of literature | Updates in Surgery | 2013 | 42 |
| 45 | Prognosis of patients with spontaneous rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis | Updates in Surgery | 2011 | 41 |
| 46 | The role of cytoreductive surgery in advanced-stage ovarian cancer: a systematic review | Updates in Surgery | 2013 | 41 |
| 47 | Robot-assisted adrenalectomy: indications and drawbacks | Updates in Surgery | 2017 | 41 |
| 48 | Impact of lockdown for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) on surgical site infection rates: a monocentric observational cohort study | Updates in Surgery | 2020 | 41 |
| 49 | Resuming elective surgery in the time of COVID-19: a safe and comprehensive strategy | Updates in Surgery | 2020 | 41 |
| 50 | Indications, technique, and results of robotic pancreatoduodenectomy | Updates in Surgery | 2016 | 40 |
