| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | 7.5% Sodium Chloride/Dextran for Resuscitation of Trauma Patients Undergoing Helicopter Transport | Archives of Surgery | 1991 | 256 |
| 2 | The Incidence and Case-fatality Rates of Acute Biliary, Alcoholic, and Idiopathic Pancreatitis in California, 1994-2001 | Pancreas | 2006 | 250 |
| 3 | Incidence, mechanism and prognostic value of activated AKT in pancreas cancer | British Journal of Cancer | 2003 | 233 |
| 4 | Computed Tomography and Ultrasonography Do Not Improve and May Delay the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Appendicitis | Archives of Surgery | 2001 | 230 |
| 5 | Venous Thrombosis Related to Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters | Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology | 2000 | 221 |
| 6 | Chemosensitization of Pancreatic Cancer by Inhibition of the 26S Proteasome | Journal of Surgical Research | 2001 | 210 |
| 7 | Incidence and outcome of anastomotic stricture after laparoscopic gastric bypass | Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery | 2003 | 195 |
| 8 | Analysis of Potential Risks Associated With 7.5% Sodium Chloride Resuscitation of Traumatic Shock | Archives of Surgery | 1990 | 169 |
| 9 | De novo nonalcoholic fatty liver disease after liver transplantation | Liver Transplantation | 2007 | 168 |
| 10 | Abdominoplasty, Liposuction of the Flanks, and Obesity: Analyzing Risk Factors for Seroma Formation | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery | 2006 | 167 |
| 11 | Intraperitoneal Carbon Dioxide Insufflation and Cardiopulmonary Functions | Archives of Surgery | 1992 | 152 |
| 12 | Tumors of the Retrorectal Space | Diseases of the Colon and Rectum | 2005 | 148 |
| 13 | A prospective, randomized trial limiting perioperative red blood cell transfusions in vascular patients | American Journal of Surgery | 1997 | 141 |
| 14 | Release of Abdominal Compartment Syndrome Improves Survival in Patients with Burn Injury | Journal of Trauma | 2002 | 137 |
| 15 | Diagnosis and management of ingested foreign bodies: A ten-year experience | Annals of Emergency Medicine | 1984 | 130 |
| 16 | Partial Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta in Swine Model of Hemorrhagic Shock | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2016 | 124 |
| 17 | Local resection of the head of the pancreas combined with longitudinal pancreaticojejunostomy | Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery | 1995 | 120 |
| 18 | Effect of prolonged pneumoperitoneum on intraoperative urine output during laparoscopic gastric bypass | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2002 | 118 |
| 19 | Hypertonic Saline Resuscitation of Head Injury | Journal of Trauma | 1990 | 113 |
| 20 | Blunt Intestinal Injury | Archives of Surgery | 1990 | 113 |
| 21 | Highly Efficient Differentiation of Endothelial Cells from Pluripotent Stem Cells Requires the MAPK and the PI3K Pathways | Stem Cells | 2017 | 113 |
| 22 | American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery updated position statement on sleeve gastrectomy as a bariatric procedure | Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases | 2017 | 110 |
| 23 | A Stepwise Logistic Regression Analysis of Factors Affecting Morbidity and Mortality After Thoracic Trauma | Journal of Trauma | 1990 | 109 |
| 24 | Increased Transplantation of Kidneys With Multiple Renal Arteries in the Laparoscopic Live Donor Nephrectomy Era | Archives of Surgery | 2001 | 109 |
| 25 | Inferior Vena Cava Leiomyosarcoma: Is Reconstruction Necessary after Resection? | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2010 | 108 |
| 26 | Acute kidney injury in critically ill burn patients. Risk factors, progression and impact on mortality | Burns | 2010 | 107 |
| 27 | The Role of Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Severe Acute Pancreatitis | Archives of Surgery | 1997 | 103 |
| 28 | Radiotherapy enhances natural killer cell cytotoxicity and localization in pre-clinical canine sarcomas and first-in-dog clinical trial | Archives of Surgery | 2017 | 101 |
| 29 | Comprehensive Management of Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Abscess | Archives of Surgery | 1990 | 93 |
| 30 | Evaluation of Short-term and Long-term Complications after Emergent Internal Iliac Artery Embolization in Patients with Pelvic Trauma | Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology | 2008 | 93 |
| 31 | Timing of the Occurrence of Pulmonary Embolism in Trauma Patients | Archives of Surgery | 1997 | 89 |
| 32 | Effects of the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib alone and in combination with chemotherapy in the A549 non-small-cell lung cancer cell line | Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology | 2004 | 89 |
| 33 | Canine cancer immunotherapy studies: linking mouse and human | Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology | 2016 | 86 |
| 34 | Early Supplemental Parenteral Nutrition Is Associated with Increased Infectious Complications in Critically Ill Trauma Patients | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2008 | 83 |
| 35 | Is there still a role for distal pancreatectomy in surgery for chronic pancreatitis? | American Journal of Surgery | 1994 | 74 |
| 36 | Minimally invasive Ivor Lewis esophagectomy | Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 2001 | 70 |
| 37 | The Effects of Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 on Critical-Size Calvarial Defects in Sprague—Dawley Rats | Annals of Plastic Surgery | 1993 | 69 |
| 38 | Laparoscopic Live Donor Nephrectomy: A Risk Factor for Delayed Function and Rejection in Pediatric Kidney Recipients? A UNOS Analysis | American Journal of Transplantation | 2005 | 69 |
| 39 | IMPROVEMENTS IN DIABETIC MICROANGIOPATHY AFTER SUCCESSFUL SIMULTANEOUS PANCREAS-KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION: A COMPUTER-ASSISTED INTRAVITAL MICROSCOPY STUDY ON THE CONJUNCTIVAL MICROCIRCULATION1,2 | Transplantation | 1999 | 69 |
| 40 | Cardiac function during laparoscopic vs open gastric bypass | Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques | 2002 | 68 |
| 41 | The survival impact of the choice of surgical procedure after ipsilateral breast cancer recurrence | American Journal of Surgery | 2008 | 68 |
| 42 | Does Lymph Node Count Influence Survival in Surgically Resected Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer? | Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 2017 | 68 |
| 43 | Women in Thoracic Surgery: 30 Years of History | Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 2016 | 65 |
| 44 | Transfusion‐associated microchimerism | Vox Sanguinis | 2007 | 64 |
| 45 | Management of patent ductus arteriosus: A comparison of operative V pharmacologic treatment | Journal of Pediatric Surgery | 1987 | 59 |
| 46 | Transfusion practices for acute traumatic brain injury: a survey of physicians at US trauma centers | Intensive Care Medicine | 2009 | 59 |
| 47 | Schedule-dependent molecular effects of the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib and gemcitabine in pancreatic cancer | Journal of Surgical Research | 2003 | 57 |
| 48 | Effect of Total Parenteral Nutrition on Hepatic Histology | Archives of Surgery | 1988 | 56 |
| 49 | Racial Disparities in Outcomes of Endovascular Procedures for Peripheral Arterial Disease: An Evaluation of California Hospitals, 2005–2009 | Annals of Vascular Surgery | 2015 | 56 |
| 50 | 2-D Echocardiography | Journal of Trauma | 1991 | 54 |
