| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Chronic Pain as an Outcome of Surgery | Anesthesiology | 2000 | 1,250 |
| 2 | Randomized clinical trial of virtual reality simulation for laparoscopic skills training | British Journal of Surgery | 2004 | 1,045 |
| 3 | Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer: updated clinical guidelines with an emphasis on germlineCDH1mutation carriers | Journal of Medical Genetics | 2015 | 479 |
| 4 | Analysis of circulating tumour DNA to monitor disease burden following colorectal cancer surgery | Gut | 2016 | 381 |
| 5 | Preoperative Dexamethasone Improves Surgical Outcome After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy | Annals of Surgery | 2003 | 290 |
| 6 | Elevated neutrophil and monocyte counts in peripheral blood are associated with poor survival in patients with metastatic melanoma: a prognostic model | British Journal of Cancer | 2005 | 287 |
| 7 | Indications, results, and clinical impact of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided sampling in gastroenterology: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Clinical Guideline | Endoscopy | 2011 | 279 |
| 8 | Indications, results, and clinical impact of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided sampling in gastroenterology: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Clinical Guideline – Updated January 2017 | Endoscopy | 2017 | 270 |
| 9 | Effect of preoperative abstinence on poor postoperative outcome in alcohol misusers: randomised controlled trial | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 1999 | 263 |
| 10 | Laparoscopic performance after one night on call in a surgical department: prospective study | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2001 | 261 |
| 11 | Vertical Compared with Transverse Incisions in Abdominal Surgery | The European Journal of Surgery | 2001 | 228 |
| 12 | Impact of hand dominance, gender, and experience with computer games on performance in virtual reality laparoscopy | Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques | 2003 | 228 |
| 13 | Preoperative alcoholism and postoperative morbidity | British Journal of Surgery | 2002 | 204 |
| 14 | Postoperative morbidity among symptom-free alcohol misusers | Lancet, The | 1992 | 169 |
| 15 | Analgesic effects of melatonin: a review of current evidence from experimental and clinical studies | Journal of Pineal Research | 2011 | 168 |
| 16 | Serum YKL-40 and colorectal cancer | British Journal of Cancer | 1999 | 167 |
| 17 | ACUTE PAIN CONTROL AND ACCELERATED POSTOPERATIVE SURGICAL RECOVERY | Surgical Clinics of North America | 1999 | 165 |
| 18 | Pain and Convalescence after Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy | The European Journal of Surgery | 2001 | 161 |
| 19 | Effects of the combination of blood transfusion and postoperative infectious complications on prognosis after surgery for colorectal cancer | British Journal of Surgery | 2002 | 161 |
| 20 | Ketorolac, diclofenac, and ketoprofen are equally safe for pain relief after major surgery † †Declaration of interest. This study was funded by F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. | British Journal of Anaesthesia | 2002 | 156 |
| 21 | Altered Cell-mediated Immunity and Increased Postoperative Infection Rate in Long-term Alcoholic Patients | Anesthesiology | 2004 | 151 |
| 22 | Prophylaxis of postoperative thromboembolism with low molecular weight heparins | British Journal of Surgery | 2005 | 147 |
| 23 | Infliximab for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Denmark 1999–2005: Clinical Outcome and Follow-Up Evaluation of Malignancy and Mortality | Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology | 2008 | 138 |
| 24 | The effect of exogenous GLP-1 on food intake is lost in male truncally vagotomized subjects with pyloroplasty | American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology | 2013 | 138 |
| 25 | Blood volume distribution during head‐up tilt induced central hypovolaemia in man | Clinical Physiology | 1991 | 126 |
| 26 | Evaluation of Pancreatic Tissue Fluid Pressure and Pain in Chronic Pancreatitis: A Longitudinal Study | Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology | 1990 | 125 |
| 27 | High serum YKL‐40 level after surgery for colorectal carcinoma is related to short survival | Cancer | 2002 | 118 |
| 28 | High serum YKL-40 level in patients with small cell lung cancer is related to early death | Lung Cancer | 2004 | 116 |
| 29 | Factors Determining Convalescence After Uncomplicated Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy | Archives of Surgery | 2001 | 115 |
| 30 | Prognosis after simple incision and drainage for a first-episode acute pilonidal abscess | British Journal of Surgery | 2005 | 111 |
| 31 | Effect of smoking and abstention on oxidative burst and reactivity of neutrophils and monocytes | Surgery | 2004 | 110 |
| 32 | Laboratory aid in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis | Diseases of the Colon and Rectum | 1989 | 108 |
| 33 | Recurrence and survival after mesorectal excision for rectal cancer | British Journal of Surgery | 2003 | 107 |
| 34 | The Impact of Storage Time of Transfused Blood on Postoperative Infectious Complications in Rectal Cancer Surgery | Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology | 2000 | 104 |
| 35 | Incidence and prevention of deep venous thrombosis occurring late after general surgery: randomised controlled study of prolonged thromboprophylaxis | The European Journal of Surgery | 2003 | 104 |
| 36 | Learning curves and impact of psychomotor training on performance in simulated colonoscopy: a randomized trial using a virtual reality endoscopy trainer | Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques | 2004 | 104 |
| 37 | Prevention of Parastomal Hernia by Placement of a Polypropylene Mesh at the Primary Operation | Diseases of the Colon and Rectum | 2006 | 100 |
| 38 | Pancreatic Tissue Fluid Pressure in Chronic Pancreatitis Relation to Pain, Morphology, and Function | Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology | 1990 | 99 |
| 39 | Resection of liver metastases from colorectal cancer | Diseases of the Colon and Rectum | 1994 | 92 |
| 40 | microRNA-146a inhibits G protein-coupled receptor-mediated activation of NF-κB by targeting CARD10 and COPS8 in gastric cancer | Molecular Cancer | 2012 | 91 |
| 41 | Gastric Cancer Risk in Achlorhydric Patients: A Long-Term Follow-up Study | Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology | 1986 | 90 |
| 42 | The Zollinger–Ellison Syndrome and Mismeasurement of Gastrin | Gastroenterology | 2011 | 88 |
| 43 | European Curriculum for Sedation Training in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: Position Statement of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) and European Society of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Nurses and Associates (ESGENA) | Endoscopy | 2013 | 88 |
| 44 | Soluble vascular endothelial growth factor levels in patients with primary colorectal carcinoma | European Journal of Surgical Oncology | 2000 | 87 |
| 45 | Pain after microlaparoscopic cholecystectomy | Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques | 2000 | 86 |
| 46 | Effect of Preemptive Nerve Block on Inflammation and Hyperalgesia after Human Thermal Injury | Anesthesiology | 1996 | 85 |
| 47 | Is screening for thyroid carcinoma indicated in familial adenomatous polyposis? | International Journal of Colorectal Disease | 1997 | 84 |
| 48 | The outcome of rectal cancer after early salvage TME following TEM compared with primary TME: a case-matched study | Techniques in Coloproctology | 2013 | 84 |
| 49 | Pattern of Colon Cancer Lymph Node Metastases in Patients Undergoing Central Mesocolic Lymph Node Excision: A Systematic Review | Diseases of the Colon and Rectum | 2016 | 84 |
| 50 | Storage time of transfused blood and disease recurrence after colorectal cancer surgery | Diseases of the Colon and Rectum | 2001 | 82 |
