| Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
|
1
|
Efficacy of postoperative epidural analgesia: a meta-analysis.
|
JAMA
|
2003
|
3.36
|
|
2
|
National trends in the use and outcomes of hepatic resection.
|
J Am Coll Surg
|
2004
|
1.92
|
|
3
|
Hepatic resection in the United States: indications, outcomes, and hospital procedural volumes from a nationally representative database.
|
Arch Surg
|
2003
|
1.74
|
|
4
|
Impact of surgical volume on mortality and length of stay after nephrectomy.
|
Urology
|
2004
|
1.62
|
|
5
|
Hospital teaching status and outcomes of complex surgical procedures in the United States.
|
Arch Surg
|
2004
|
1.59
|
|
6
|
Complications and costs after high-risk surgery: where should we focus quality improvement initiatives?
|
J Am Coll Surg
|
2003
|
1.47
|
|
7
|
Variation in postoperative complication rates after high-risk surgery in the United States.
|
Surgery
|
2003
|
1.42
|
|
8
|
Surgeon specialty and provider volumes are related to outcome of intact abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in the United States.
|
J Vasc Surg
|
2003
|
1.27
|
|
9
|
Surgical volume and quality of care for esophageal resection: do high-volume hospitals have fewer complications?
|
Ann Thorac Surg
|
2003
|
1.26
|
|
10
|
Hospital volume and surgical outcomes for elderly patients with colorectal cancer in the United States.
|
J Surg Res
|
2003
|
1.26
|
|
11
|
Payer status is related to differences in access and outcomes of abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in the United States.
|
Surgery
|
2003
|
1.17
|
|
12
|
Informatics and the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program: automated processes could replace manual record review.
|
J Am Coll Surg
|
2008
|
1.13
|
|
13
|
Postoperative complication rates after hepatic resection in Maryland hospitals.
|
Arch Surg
|
2003
|
1.12
|
|
14
|
A national and single institutional experience in the contemporary treatment of acute lower extremity ischemia.
|
Ann Surg
|
2003
|
1.10
|
|
15
|
Minimally invasive pedicle screw fixation utilizing O-arm fluoroscopy with computer-assisted navigation: Feasibility, technique, and preliminary results.
|
Surg Neurol Int
|
2010
|
1.01
|
|
16
|
Diffusion of new technology in health care: the case of aorto-iliac occlusive disease.
|
Surgery
|
2004
|
1.00
|
|
17
|
Brainstorming about next-generation computer-based documentation: an AMIA clinical working group survey.
|
Int J Med Inform
|
2004
|
0.99
|
|
18
|
The role of radiation therapy after surgical resection of nonfunctional pituitary macroadenomas.
|
Neurosurgery
|
2004
|
0.96
|
|
19
|
Decompressive craniectomy for intractable cerebral edema: experience of a single center.
|
J Neurosurg Anesthesiol
|
2003
|
0.93
|
|
20
|
Household food insecurity and symptoms of neurologic disorder in Ethiopia: an observational analysis.
|
BMC Public Health
|
2010
|
0.90
|
|
21
|
Effect of increasing patient age on complication rates following intact abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in the United States.
|
J Surg Res
|
2004
|
0.89
|
|
22
|
Epidemiology of surgically treated gastric cancer in the United States, 1988-2000.
|
J Gastrointest Surg
|
2003
|
0.89
|
|
23
|
National variation in operative mortality rates for esophageal resection and the need for quality improvement.
|
Arch Surg
|
2003
|
0.88
|
|
24
|
Diffusion of new technology for the treatment of renovascular hypertension in the United States: surgical revascularization versus catheter-based therapy, 1988-2001.
|
J Vasc Surg
|
2004
|
0.85
|
|
25
|
Variation in outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention in the United States and predictors of periprocedural mortality.
|
Cardiology
|
2005
|
0.81
|
|
26
|
Hospital volume-related differences in aorto-bifemoral bypass operative mortality in the United States.
|
J Vasc Surg
|
2003
|
0.81
|
|
27
|
The effect of secondary operations on mortality following abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in the United States: 1988-2001.
|
Vasc Endovascular Surg
|
2005
|
0.81
|
|
28
|
Epidemiology of surgically treated abdominal aortic aneurysms in the United States, 1988 to 2000.
|
Vascular
|
2005
|
0.79
|
|
29
|
Synthesis, structure, and reactivity of a dinuclear metal complex with linear M-H-M bonding.
|
J Am Chem Soc
|
2004
|
0.78
|
|
30
|
The volume-outcome effect for abdominal aortic surgery: differences in case-mix or complications?
|
Arch Surg
|
2002
|
0.77
|
|
31
|
Surgical reversal of prolonged blindness from a metastatic neuroblastoma.
|
Childs Nerv Syst
|
2005
|
0.77
|
|
32
|
Back and neck pain and psychopathology in rural sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from the Gilgel Gibe Growth and Development Study, Ethiopia.
|
Spine (Phila Pa 1976)
|
2010
|
0.76
|
|
33
|
Should older patients be selectively referred to high-volume centers for abdominal aortic surgery?
|
Vascular
|
2004
|
0.76
|
|
34
|
Emerging approaches for assessing and improving the quality of surgical care.
|
Curr Surg
|
2004
|
0.75
|
|
35
|
Silylene hydride complexes of molybdenum with silicon-hydrogen interactions: neutron structure of (eta(5)-C(5)Me(5))(Me(2)PCH(2)CH(2)PMe(2))Mo(H)(SiEt(2)).
|
J Am Chem Soc
|
2004
|
0.75
|
|
36
|
Changing Trends in the Utilization and Costs of Procedures Performed by Neurosurgeons in the United States 909.
|
Neurosurgery
|
2006
|
0.75
|
|
37
|
Single-crystal neutron-diffraction study of 3.4% Zn-doped (ND4)2[Cu(D2O)6](SO4)2 at 20 K.
|
Acta Crystallogr C
|
2005
|
0.75
|
|
38
|
Aqua Ions. 2. Structural manifestations of the Jahn-Teller effect in the beta-alums.
|
Inorg Chem
|
2003
|
0.75
|
|
39
|
Firearms in major motion pictures, 1995-2004.
|
J Trauma
|
2009
|
0.75
|
|
40
|
Structure and bonding of the vanadium(III) hexa-aqua cation. 1. Experimental characterization and ligand-field analysis.
|
Inorg Chem
|
2004
|
0.75
|