Published in Surgery on February 01, 2009
Evidence-based current surgical practice: calculous gallbladder disease. J Gastrointest Surg (2012) 1.88
SAGES guidelines for the clinical application of laparoscopic biliary tract surgery. Surg Endosc (2010) 1.71
Involvement of inflammatory factors in pancreatic carcinogenesis and preventive effects of anti-inflammatory agents. Semin Immunopathol (2012) 0.80
Early versus delayed cholecystectomy following endoscopic sphincterotomy for mild biliary pancreatitis. Surg Endosc (2014) 0.78
Management of Acute Pancreatitis in the Early Stage. Maedica (Buchar) (2015) 0.75
Surgical glove perforation and the risk of surgical site infection. Arch Surg (2009) 2.04
High frequency of tumor-infiltrating FOXP3(+) regulatory T cells predicts improved survival in mismatch repair-proficient colorectal cancer patients. Int J Cancer (2010) 1.96
The timing of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis. Ann Surg (2008) 1.85
Axillary lymph node dissection for sentinel lymph node micrometastases may be safely omitted in early-stage breast cancer patients: long-term outcomes of a prospective study. Ann Surg Oncol (2009) 1.67
Detecting pheochromocytoma: defining the most sensitive test. Ann Surg (2006) 1.47
Surgery for ischemic colitis: outcome and risk factors for in-hospital mortality. Int J Colorectal Dis (2014) 1.43
Insurance status and race represent independent predictors of undergoing laparoscopic surgery for appendicitis: secondary data analysis of 145,546 patients. J Am Coll Surg (2004) 1.27
Increased prevalence of regulatory T cells (Treg) is induced by pancreas adenocarcinoma. J Immunother (2006) 1.26
Blunt injury to the thyroid gland: proposed classification and treatment algorithm. J Trauma (2006) 1.19
Tumor infiltration by FcγRIII (CD16)+ myeloid cells is associated with improved survival in patients with colorectal carcinoma. Int J Cancer (2010) 1.16
Response to [90Yttrium-DOTA]-TOC treatment is associated with long-term survival benefit in metastasized medullary thyroid cancer: a phase II clinical trial. Clin Cancer Res (2007) 1.15
Depletion of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells promotes a tumor-specific immune response in pancreas cancer-bearing mice. Ann Surg Oncol (2006) 1.15
Axillary recurrence rate in breast cancer patients with negative sentinel lymph node (SLN) or SLN micrometastases: prospective analysis of 150 patients after SLN biopsy. Ann Surg (2005) 1.14
Accuracy of frozen section analysis versus specimen radiography during breast-conserving surgery for nonpalpable lesions. World J Surg (2008) 1.12
Fast-track surgery--conditions and challenges in postsurgical treatment: a review of elements of translational research in enhanced recovery after surgery. Eur Surg Res (2012) 1.12
Assessment of intraoperative liver deformation during hepatic resection: prospective clinical study. World J Surg (2010) 1.12
High hospital volume is associated with better outcomes for breast cancer surgery: analysis of 233,247 patients. World J Surg (2005) 1.11
[(90)Yttrium-DOTA]-TOC response is associated with survival benefit in iodine-refractory thyroid cancer: long-term results of a phase 2 clinical trial. Cancer (2009) 1.08
Evidence and interdisciplinary consense-based German guidelines: diagnosis and surveillance of melanoma. Melanoma Res (2007) 1.04
Identification of sentinel lymph nodes in colon cancer depends on the amount of dye injected relative to tumor size. World J Surg (2003) 1.04
Disseminated single tumor cells as detected by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction represent a prognostic factor in patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer. Ann Surg (2002) 1.04
Effect of the 50-hour workweek limitation on training of surgical residents in Switzerland. Arch Surg (2010) 1.03
Predictive factors for morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing laparoscopic paraesophageal hernia repair: age, ASA score and operation type influence morbidity. World J Surg (2009) 1.02
Differential pattern and prognostic significance of CD4+, FOXP3+ and IL-17+ tumor infiltrating lymphocytes in ductal and lobular breast cancers. BMC Cancer (2012) 1.01
Economic burden of surgical site infections at a European university hospital. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2008) 1.00
High myeloperoxidase positive cell infiltration in colorectal cancer is an independent favorable prognostic factor. PLoS One (2013) 0.97
Sentinel lymph node procedure leads to upstaging of patients with resectable colon cancer: results of the Swiss prospective, multicenter study sentinel lymph node procedure in colon cancer. Ann Surg Oncol (2012) 0.96
Evidence-based and interdisciplinary consensus-based German guidelines: systemic medical treatment of melanoma in the adjuvant and palliative setting. Melanoma Res (2008) 0.96
Evidence and interdisciplinary consensus-based German guidelines: surgical treatment and radiotherapy of melanoma. Melanoma Res (2008) 0.95
Differential effects of the tryptophan metabolite 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid on the proliferation of human CD8+ T cells induced by TCR triggering or homeostatic cytokines. Eur J Immunol (2006) 0.95
Tat mammaglobin fusion protein transduced dendritic cells stimulate mammaglobin-specific CD4 and CD8 T cells. Breast Cancer Res Treat (2005) 0.95
Short German guidelines: malignant melanoma. J Dtsch Dermatol Ges (2008) 0.94
ABO blood group-incompatible living donor kidney transplantation: a prospective, single-centre analysis including serial protocol biopsies. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2008) 0.94
Gastric necrosis complicating lately a Nissen fundoplication. Report of a case. Langenbecks Arch Surg (2007) 0.94
Intranodal immunization with a vaccinia virus encoding multiple antigenic epitopes and costimulatory molecules in metastatic melanoma. Mol Ther (2009) 0.92
Prevention and control of surgical site infections: review of the Basel Cohort Study. Swiss Med Wkly (2012) 0.91
Th1- and Th2-type cytokines in plasma after major trauma. J Trauma (2008) 0.90
Major vascular resection and prosthetic replacement for retroperitoneal tumors. World J Surg (2006) 0.90
The association of preoperative anemia and perioperative allogeneic blood transfusion with the risk of surgical site infection. Transfusion (2009) 0.89
Nonreplicating recombinant vaccinia virus expressing CD40 ligand enhances APC capacity to stimulate specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses. Hum Gene Ther (2005) 0.89
Mechanisms of metformin action on glucose transport and metabolism in human adipocytes. Biochem Pharmacol (2010) 0.89
Influence of thoracic epidural analgesia on postoperative pain relief and ileus after laparoscopic colorectal resection : Benefit with epidural analgesia. Surg Endosc (2008) 0.89
Mesenchymal stromal cells induce epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in human colorectal cancer cells through the expression of surface-bound TGF-β. Int J Cancer (2014) 0.88
Both inflammatory and classical lipolytic pathways are involved in lipopolysaccharide-induced lipolysis in human adipocytes. Innate Immun (2010) 0.88
Carbon dye staining of sentinel lymph nodes facilitates microstaging of colon cancer patients. World J Surg (2006) 0.88
Long-term follow-up of a randomized controlled trial of Lichtenstein's operation versus mesh plug repair for inguinal hernia. Ann Surg (2014) 0.87
Perioperative management of Glanzmann's syndrome: how we did it! Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis (2010) 0.87
Accuracy of frozen section of sentinel lymph nodes: a prospective analysis of 659 breast cancer patients of the Swiss multicenter study. Breast Cancer Res Treat (2008) 0.86
Spectrum of pathogens in surgical site infections at a Swiss university hospital. Swiss Med Wkly (2011) 0.86
Complications of retroperitoneoscopic living donor nephrectomy: single center experience after 164 cases. World J Urol (2008) 0.86
Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide induces cytokine expression, lipolysis, and insulin resistance in human adipocytes. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab (2012) 0.85
Culture of melanoma cells in 3-dimensional architectures results in impaired immunorecognition by cytotoxic T lymphocytes specific for Melan-A/MART-1 tumor-associated antigen. Ann Surg (2005) 0.85
Small bowel obstruction caused by an incarcerated hernia after iliac crest bone harvest. ISRN Surg (2011) 0.85
Mesenchymal precursor cells maintain the differentiation and proliferation potentials of breast epithelial cells. Breast Cancer Res (2014) 0.85
Myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma: investigations by comparative genomic hybridization of two cases and review of the literature. Virchows Arch (2007) 0.84
Impact of surgeon and hospital caseload on the likelihood of performing laparoscopic vs open sigmoid resection for diverticular disease: a study based on 55,949 patients. Arch Surg (2007) 0.84
Annular pancreas associated with duodenal carcinoma. World J Gastroenterol (2010) 0.84
Factors predicting in-breast tumor recurrence after breast-conserving surgery. Breast Cancer Res Treat (2008) 0.84
Differential responsiveness to IL-2, IL-7, and IL-15 common receptor gamma chain cytokines by antigen-specific peripheral blood naive or memory cytotoxic CD8+ T cells from healthy donors and melanoma patients. J Immunother (2009) 0.84
Whole blood assessment of antigen specific cellular immune response by real time quantitative PCR: a versatile monitoring and discovery tool. J Transl Med (2008) 0.83
Assessment of construct validity of a virtual reality laparoscopy simulator. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A (2007) 0.83
Sample size matters: a guide for surgeons. World J Surg (2005) 0.82
Association of the presence of bone marrow micrometastases with the sentinel lymph node status in 410 early stage breast cancer patients: results of the Swiss Multicenter Study. Ann Surg Oncol (2007) 0.82
Multislice CT in adult colocolic intussusception: case report and review of the literature. Emerg Radiol (2007) 0.82
Selective axillary surgery in breast cancer patients based on positron emission tomography with 18F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose: not yet! Breast Cancer Res Treat (2002) 0.81
Generation of mammaglobin-A-specific CD4 T cells and identification of candidate CD4 epitopes for breast cancer vaccine strategies. Breast Cancer Res Treat (2007) 0.81
Src homology phosphotyrosyl phosphatase-2 expression is an independent negative prognostic factor in human breast cancer. Histopathology (2013) 0.81
Pentoxifyllin attenuates the systemic inflammatory response induced during isolated limb perfusion with recombinant human tumor necrosis factor-alpha and melphalan. Ann Surg Oncol (2003) 0.81
Surgical treatment of acute recurrent diverticulitis: early elective or late elective surgery. An analysis of 237 patients. World J Surg (2012) 0.81
[Functional syndromes after surgery of the upper gastrointestinal tract]. Ther Umsch (2012) 0.81
Cytokine & chemokine response in the lungs, pleural fluid and serum in thoracic surgery using one-lung ventilation. J Inflamm (Lond) (2011) 0.80
Inflammatory response in ventilated left and collapsed right lungs, serum and pleural fluid, in transthoracic esophagectomy for cancer. Eur Cytokine Netw (2010) 0.80
Standardized approach to the treatment of adult soft tissue sarcoma of the extremities. Recent Results Cancer Res (2009) 0.80
Inverted Takotsubo cardiomyopathy due to pheochromocytoma. Eur Heart J (2007) 0.80
Zinc salts provide a novel, prolonged and rapid inhibition of gastric acid secretion. Am J Gastroenterol (2010) 0.80
Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) induces calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-I and procalcitonin (Pro-CT) production in human adipocytes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2010) 0.80
Prognostic impact and therapeutic implications of sentinel lymph node micro-metastases in early-stage breast cancer patients. J Surg Oncol (2011) 0.80
Laparoscopic adrenalectomy: the new standard? Swiss Med Wkly (2002) 0.79
[Brief guidelines: malignant melanoma of the skin]. J Dtsch Dermatol Ges (2006) 0.79
Postoperative course after emergency colorectal surgery for secondary peritonitis in the elderly is often complicated by delirium. Int Surg (2012) 0.79
Metformin counters both lipolytic/inflammatory agents-decreased hormone sensitive lipase phosphorylation at Ser-554 and -induced lipolysis in human adipocytes. Arch Physiol Biochem (2011) 0.79
Evaluating the optimal timing of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials (2014) 0.79
Ischemic preconditioning-induced hyperperfusion correlates with hepatoprotection after liver resection. World J Gastroenterol (2010) 0.78
Intraoperative parathormone measurement in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism: a prospective clinical study. Swiss Med Wkly (2003) 0.78