Rank | Article | Publication year | Accesses (n) |
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1 | Kirchhoff P, et al. Complications in colorectal surgery: risk factors and preventive strategies.
Patient Saf. Surg. 2010, 4:5 | 2010 | 114,201 |
2 | Stahel PF, et al. Why do surgeons continue to perform unnecessary surgery?
Patient Saf. Surg. 2017, 11:1 | 2017 | 100,785 |
3 | Stornelli N, et al. The dangers of lithotomy positioning in the operating room: case report of bilateral lower extremity compartment syndrome after a 90-min surgical procedure.
Patient Saf. Surg. 2016, 10:18 | 2016 | 93,699 |
4 | Subramanian V, et al. The risk of intra-urethral Foley catheter balloon inflation in spinal cord-injured patients: Lessons learned from a retrospective case series.
Patient Saf. Surg. 2016, 10:14 | 2016 | 90,381 |
5 | Oldhafer F, et al. Monitoring of liver function in a 73-year old patient undergoing ‘Associating Liver Partition and Portal vein ligation for Staged hepatectomy’: case report applying the novel liver maximum function capacity test.
Patient Saf. Surg. 2016, 10:16 | 2016 | 87,966 |
6 | Ten Hagen A, et al. Anaphylactic shock during cement implantation of a total hip arthroplasty in a patient with underlying mastocytosis: case report of a rare intraoperative complication.
Patient Saf. Surg. 2016, 10:25 | 2016 | 87,958 |
7 | Weckbach S, et al. A survey on patients’ knowledge and expectations during informed consent for spinal surgery: can we improve the shared decision-making process?
Patient Saf. Surg. 2016, 10:15 | 2016 | 87,681 |
8 | Almahmoud K, et al. Trends in intubation rates and durations in ventilated severely injured trauma patients: an analysis from the TraumaRegister DGU®.
Patient Saf. Surg. 2016, 10:24 | 2016 | 85,979 |
9 | Schmitt JW, et al. Is total hip arthroplasty safely performed in lung transplant patients? Current experience from a retrospective study of the Zurich lung transplant cohort.
Patient Saf. Surg. 2016, 10:17 | 2016 | 84,986 |
10 | Stahel PF, et al. Introducing the “Bone-Screw-Fastener” for improved screw fixation in orthopedic surgery: a revolutionary paradigm shift?
Patient Saf. Surg. 2017, 11:6 | 2017 | 82,464 |
Rank | Article | Publication year | Citations (n) |
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1 | Kirchhoff P, et al. Complications in colorectal surgery: risk factors and preventive strategies.
Patient Saf. Surg. 2010, 4:5 | 2010 | 80 |
2 | de Vries EN, et al. The SURgical PAtient Safety System (SURPASS) checklist optimizes timing of antibiotic prophylaxis.
Patient Saf. Surg. 2010, 4:6 | 2010 | 52 |
3 | Lynn LA, Curry JP. Patterns of unexpected in-hospital deaths: a root cause analysis.
Patient Saf. Surg. 2011, 5:3 | 2011 | 49 |
4 | Zegers M, et al. The incidence, root-causes, and outcomes of adverse events in surgical units: implication for potential prevention strategies.
Patient Saf. Surg. 2011, 5:13 | 2011 | 36 |
5 | O'Connor P, et al. Surgical checklists: the human factor.
Patient Saf. Surg. 2013, 7:14 | 2013 | 28 |
6 | Liu SS, et al. Risk of postoperative hypoxemia in ambulatory orthopedic surgery patients with diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea: a retrospective observational study.
Patient Saf. Surg. 2010, 4:9 | 2010 | 21 |
7 | Youngson GG, Flin R. Patient safety in surgery: non-technical aspects of safe surgical performance.
Patient Saf. Surg. 2010, 4:4 | 2010 | 20 |
8 | Unbeck M, et al. Is detection of adverse events affected by record review methodology? An evaluation of the Harvard Medical Practice Study method and the Global Trigger Tool.
Patient Saf. Surg. 2013, 7:10 | 2013 | 18 |
9 | Andersson AE, et al. The application of evidence-based measures to reduce surgical site infections during orthopedic surgery - report of a single-center experience in Sweden.
Patient Saf. Surg. 2012, 6:11 | 2012 | 18 |
10 | Robinson Y, et al. Increased occurrence of spinal fractures related to ankylosing spondylitis: a prospective 22-year cohort study in 17,764 patients from a national registry in Sweden.
Patient Saf. Surg. 2013, 7:2 | 2013 | 17 |
Rank | Article | Publication year | Altmetric score |
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1 | Stahel PF, et al. Why do surgeons continue to perform unnecessary surgery?
Patient Saf. Surg. 2017, 11:1 | 2017 | 414 |
2 | Caesar U, et al. Incidence and root causes of cancellations for elective orthopaedic procedures: a single center experience of 17,625 consecutive cases.
Patient Saf. Surg. 2014, 8:24 | 2014 | 50 |
3 | Page AE. Safety in surgery: the role of shared decision-making.
Patient Saf. Surg. 2015, 9:24 | 2015 | 31 |
3 | Lynn LA. The diagnosis of sepsis revisited - a challenge for young medical scientists in the twenty-first century.
Patient Saf. Surg. 2014, 8:1 | 2014 | 31 |
5 | Nwosu A. The horror of wrong-site surgery continues: report of two cases in a regional trauma centre in Nigeria.
Patient Saf. Surg. 2015, 9:6 | 2015 | 25 |
5 | Zeeshan MF, et al. Incidence of adverse events in an integrated US healthcare system: a retrospective observational study of 82,784 surgical hospitalizations.
Patient Saf. Surg. 2014, 8:23 | 2014 | 25 |
7 | Pfeifer R, Pape HC. Missed injuries in trauma patients: A literature review.
Patient Saf. Surg. 2008, 2:20 | 2008 | 22 |
8 | Iglar PJ, Hogan KJ. Vitamin D status and surgical outcomes: a systematic review.
Patient Saf. Surg. 2015, 9:14 | 2015 | 21 |
9 | Charles R, et al. How to perform a root cause analysis for workup and future prevention of medical errors: a review.
Patient Saf. Surg. 2016, 10:20 | 2016 | 19 |
10 | Curry JP, Jungquist CR. A critical assessment of monitoring practices, patient deterioration, and alarm fatigue on inpatient wards: a review.
Patient Saf. Surg. 2014, 8:29 | 2014 | 18 |