| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Necrotizing fasciitis | American Surgeon | 1952 | 429 |
| 2 | Gallstone ileus: a review of 1001 reported cases | American Surgeon | 1994 | 415 |
| 3 | The Implication of Lymph Node Metastasis on Survival in Patients with Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer | American Surgeon | 2005 | 364 |
| 4 | Necrotizing Fasciitis: A Fourteen-Year Retrospective Study of 163 Consecutive Patients | American Surgeon | 2002 | 277 |
| 5 | Aggressive surgical management of necrotizing fasciitis serves to decrease mortality: a retrospective study | American Surgeon | 1998 | 251 |
| 6 | Rates of Colon and Rectal Cancers are Increasing in Young Adults | American Surgeon | 2003 | 242 |
| 7 | Comparison of Laparoscopic and Open Ventral Herniorrhaphy | American Surgeon | 1999 | 223 |
| 8 | Necrotizing fasciitis: a fourteen-year retrospective study of 163 consecutive patients | American Surgeon | 2002 | 220 |
| 9 | Same Hospitalization Resection for Acute Diverticulitis | American Surgeon | 1999 | 220 |
| 10 | Prevalence of Sleep Apnea in Morbidly Obese Patients who Presented for Weight Loss Surgery Evaluation: More Evidence for Routine Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea before Weight Loss Surgery | American Surgeon | 2008 | 209 |
| 11 | Rates of colon and rectal cancers are increasing in young adults | American Surgeon | 2003 | 209 |
| 12 | Acute acalculous cholecystitis: incidence, risk factors, diagnosis, and outcome | American Surgeon | 1998 | 202 |
| 13 | Comparison of laparoscopic and open ventral herniorrhaphy | American Surgeon | 1999 | 197 |
| 14 | Salvage of lower extremities following combined orthopedic and vascular trauma. A predictive salvage index | American Surgeon | 1987 | 196 |
| 15 | Use of marlex mesh in the repair of incisional hernias | American Surgeon | 1958 | 195 |
| 16 | Seroma Formation after Breast Cancer Surgery: Incidence and Predicting Factors | American Surgeon | 2000 | 188 |
| 17 | Factors affecting wound complications in repair of ventral hernias | American Surgeon | 1998 | 187 |
| 18 | Blood Transfusions Correlate with Infections in Trauma Patients in a Dose-Dependent Manner | American Surgeon | 2002 | 187 |
| 19 | Surgical treatment of pulmonary emphysema | American Surgeon | 1957 | 185 |
| 20 | Dramatic Increase in the Incidence and Mortality from Merkel Cell Carcinoma in the United States | American Surgeon | 2015 | 182 |
| 21 | Blood transfusions correlate with infections in trauma patients in a dose-dependent manner | American Surgeon | 2002 | 180 |
| 22 | The Metastatic/Examined Lymph Node Ratio is an Important Prognostic Factor after Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma | American Surgeon | 2004 | 176 |
| 23 | Stoma Complications: A Multivariate Analysis | American Surgeon | 2002 | 174 |
| 24 | Blood Glucose Variability is Associated with Mortality in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit | American Surgeon | 2008 | 173 |
| 25 | Temporary closure of open abdominal wounds: the vacuum pack | American Surgeon | 1995 | 173 |
| 26 | What is Normal Intra-Abdominal Pressure? | American Surgeon | 2001 | 172 |
| 27 | What is normal intra-abdominal pressure? | American Surgeon | 2001 | 169 |
| 28 | Cells Isolated from Adult Human Skeletal Muscle Capable of Differentiating into Multiple Mesodermal Phenotypes | American Surgeon | 1999 | 169 |
| 29 | Prospective Evaluation of Early versus Delayed Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy for Treatment of Acute Cholecystitis | American Surgeon | 2000 | 168 |
| 30 | Cells isolated from adult human skeletal muscle capable of differentiating into multiple mesodermal phenotypes | American Surgeon | 1999 | 164 |
| 31 | Pancreatic trauma: a ten-year multi-institutional experience | American Surgeon | 1997 | 162 |
| 32 | Intra-abdominal compartment syndrome as a complication of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm repair | American Surgeon | 1989 | 161 |
| 33 | Stereotactic breast biopsy: improved tissue harvesting with the Mammotome | American Surgeon | 1996 | 161 |
| 34 | Hormonal Changes after Roux-en Y Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity and the Control of Type-II Diabetes Mellitus | American Surgeon | 2004 | 161 |
| 35 | Incidence of Vitamin Deficiency after Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in a University Hospital Setting | American Surgeon | 2006 | 160 |
| 36 | The metastatic/examined lymph node ratio is an important prognostic factor after pancreaticoduodenectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma | American Surgeon | 2004 | 160 |
| 37 | Prognostic Factors Associated with Resectable Adenocarcinoma of the Head of the Pancreas | American Surgeon | 1999 | 159 |
| 38 | Hypoalbuminemia and Clinical Outcomes: What is the Mechanism behind the Relationship? | American Surgeon | 2017 | 157 |
| 39 | Spigelian Hernia: Surgical Anatomy, Embryology, and Technique of Repair | American Surgeon | 2006 | 156 |
| 40 | Balancing the normal appendectomy rate with the perforated appendicitis rate: implications for quality assurance | American Surgeon | 1992 | 155 |
| 41 | Importance of lymphatic mapping in ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS): why map DCIS? | American Surgeon | 2001 | 154 |
| 42 | Complications of Inferior Vena Cava Filters | American Surgeon | 2003 | 152 |
| 43 | Article Commentary: Sepsis, Systemic Inflammatory Response, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction: The Mystery Continues | American Surgeon | 2012 | 149 |
| 44 | A Double-Blind, Randomized, Active-Controlled Study for Post-Hemorrhoidectomy Pain Management with Liposome Bupivacaine, a Novel Local Analgesic Formulation | American Surgeon | 2012 | 147 |
| 45 | Same hospitalization resection for acute diverticulitis | American Surgeon | 1999 | 146 |
| 46 | Seroma formation after breast cancer surgery: incidence and predicting factors | American Surgeon | 2000 | 145 |
| 47 | Porcelain Gallbladder is Not Associated with Gallbladder Carcinoma | American Surgeon | 2001 | 144 |
| 48 | Importance of Lymphatic Mapping in Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS): Why Map DCIS? | American Surgeon | 2001 | 142 |
| 49 | Robotic-Assisted Minimally Invasive Transhiatal Esophagectomy | American Surgeon | 2003 | 142 |
| 50 | Complications of inferior vena cava filters | American Surgeon | 2003 | 139 |
