Published in BJU Int on February 11, 2011
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Mortality associated with delay in operation after hip fracture: observational study. BMJ (2006) 3.82
Metabolic surgery profoundly influences gut microbial-host metabolic cross-talk. Gut (2011) 3.42
How often are adverse events reported in English hospital statistics? BMJ (2004) 3.05
Use of administrative data or clinical databases as predictors of risk of death in hospital: comparison of models. BMJ (2007) 2.78
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Body mass index category as a risk factor for colorectal adenomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Gastroenterol (2012) 2.48
Gut microbiome-host interactions in health and disease. Genome Med (2011) 2.48
Diagnostic precision of fecal calprotectin for inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal malignancy. Am J Gastroenterol (2007) 2.38
Systematic review of comorbidity indices for administrative data. Med Care (2012) 2.37
Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy in children: a meta-analysis. Ann Surg (2006) 2.34
Laparoscopic versus open live donor nephrectomy in renal transplantation: a meta-analysis. Ann Surg (2008) 2.31
Uptake of the NHS Health Checks programme in a deprived, culturally diverse setting: cross-sectional study. J Public Health (Oxf) (2011) 2.30
Laparoscopic versus open surgery for rectal cancer: a meta-analysis. Ann Surg Oncol (2006) 2.29
Meta-analysis of randomized studies evaluating chewing gum to enhance postoperative recovery following colectomy. Arch Surg (2008) 2.29
Increasing short-stay unplanned hospital admissions among children in England; time trends analysis '97-'06. PLoS One (2009) 2.24
Identifying patients at high risk of emergency hospital admissions: a logistic regression analysis. J R Soc Med (2006) 2.23
Paediatric cardiac surgical mortality in England after Bristol: descriptive analysis of hospital episode statistics 1991-2002. BMJ (2004) 2.20
Summary receiver operating characteristic curve analysis techniques in the evaluation of diagnostic tests. Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 2.14
Surgical patch angioplasty of the left main coronary artery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2012) 2.12
Does obesity affect outcomes in patients undergoing esophagectomy for cancer? A meta-analysis. World J Surg (2012) 2.11
Metabolic phenotyping in clinical and surgical environments. Nature (2012) 2.09
Proving the effectiveness of virtual reality simulation for training in laparoscopic surgery. Ann Surg (2007) 2.07
A comparison of hand-sewn versus stapled ileal pouch anal anastomosis (IPAA) following proctocolectomy: a meta-analysis of 4183 patients. Ann Surg (2006) 2.05
Outpatient laser ablation of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer: is it safe, tolerable and cost-effective? BJU Int (2013) 2.03
A national study on lymph node retrieval in resectional surgery for colorectal cancer. Dis Colon Rectum (2006) 2.01
How has healthcare research performance been assessed?: a systematic review. J R Soc Med (2011) 1.97
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Diffuse optical imaging of the healthy and diseased breast: a systematic review. Breast Cancer Res Treat (2007) 1.93
Quantifying innovation in surgery. Ann Surg (2014) 1.87
Social class and elective caesareans in the English NHS. BMJ (2004) 1.87
Defining the role of recombinant activated factor VII in pediatric cardiac surgery: where should we go from here? Pediatr Crit Care Med (2009) 1.84
A national perspective on the decline of abdominoperineal resection for rectal cancer. Ann Surg (2008) 1.81
Introduction of laparoscopic bariatric surgery in England: observational population cohort study. BMJ (2010) 1.80
The risk of cancer in patients with Crohn's disease. Dis Colon Rectum (2007) 1.80
Minimal access aortic valve replacement: is it worth it? Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 1.79
Is there a surgeon or hospital volume-outcome relationship in off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery? Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2012) 1.76
The inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary bypass: part 1--mechanisms of pathogenesis. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth (2008) 1.73
Understanding the role of gut microbiome-host metabolic signal disruption in health and disease. Trends Microbiol (2011) 1.72
Association between quality of primary care and hospitalization for coronary heart disease in England: national cross-sectional study. J Gen Intern Med (2007) 1.72
Intelligent information: a national system for monitoring clinical performance. Health Serv Res (2008) 1.70
Is virtual bronchoscopy an efficient diagnostic tool for the thoracic surgeon? Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 1.69
Nobel Prizes in medicine: are clinicians out of fashion? J R Soc Med (2011) 1.68
Benchmarking in surgical research. Lancet (2009) 1.66
Assessing surgical skill using bench station models. Plast Reconstr Surg (2007) 1.66
Traditional and laparoscopic appendectomy in adults: outcomes in English NHS hospitals between 1996 and 2006. Ann Surg (2008) 1.65
Examining the 'gold standard': a comparative critical analysis of three consecutive decades of monopolar transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) outcomes. BJU Int (2012) 1.65
Heparin-bonded circuits versus nonheparin-bonded circuits: an evaluation of their effect on clinical outcomes. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2007) 1.61
Assessment of the cerebral cortex during motor task behaviours in adults: a systematic review of functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) studies. Neuroimage (2010) 1.61
Reduced risk of medical morbidity and mortality in patients selected for laparoscopic colorectal resection in England: a population-based study. Arch Surg (2011) 1.59
Prescribing of antibiotics and admissions for respiratory tract infections in England. BMJ (2004) 1.58
The volume-mortality relation for radical cystectomy in England: retrospective analysis of hospital episode statistics. BMJ (2010) 1.56
Conversion and safety in off-pump coronary artery bypass: a system failure that needs re-emphasis. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 1.54
Is minimally invasive surgery beneficial in the management of esophageal cancer? A meta-analysis. Surg Endosc (2010) 1.54
Emotional intelligence in medicine: a systematic review through the context of the ACGME competencies. Med Educ (2010) 1.52
Which hemostatic device in thyroid surgery? A network meta-analysis of surgical technologies. Thyroid (2013) 1.52
Current diagnosis and management of left main coronary disease. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2010) 1.52
The role of single-incision laparoscopic surgery in abdominal and pelvic surgery: a systematic review. Surg Endosc (2010) 1.52
Laparoscopic vs. open surgery for diverticular disease: a meta-analysis of nonrandomized studies. Dis Colon Rectum (2006) 1.51
Can pre-operative computed tomography predict the need for a thoracic approach for removal of retrosternal goitre? Int J Surg (2013) 1.50
Intra-operative conversion is a cause of masked mortality in off-pump coronary artery bypass: a meta-analysis. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2012) 1.50
Functional renal outcome in on-pump and off-pump coronary revascularization: a propensity-based analysis. Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 1.50
Fast-track failure after cardiac surgery: development of a prediction model. Crit Care Med (2006) 1.50
Trends in hospital admissions for pulmonary embolism in England: 1996/7 to 2005/6. Clin Med (2008) 1.50
Trends in lower extremity amputations in people with and without diabetes in England, 1996-2005. Diabetes Res Clin Pract (2010) 1.49
Minimally invasive conduit harvesting: a systematic review. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2006) 1.47
Can intra-operative intraperitoneal free cancer cell detection techniques identify patients at higher recurrence risk following curative colorectal cancer resection: a meta-analysis. Ann Surg Oncol (2007) 1.46
Comorbidity scores for administrative data benefited from adaptation to local coding and diagnostic practices. J Clin Epidemiol (2011) 1.46
Does a skeletonized or pedicled left internal thoracic artery give the best graft patency? Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2009) 1.45
Diagnostic precision of anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies and perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies in inflammatory bowel disease. Am J Gastroenterol (2006) 1.44
Gastric bypass reduces fat intake and preference. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol (2011) 1.44
Laparoscopic versus open colposuspension for urodynamic stress incontinence. Neurourol Urodyn (2007) 1.44
In patients undergoing mitral surgery for ischaemic mitral regurgitation is it preferable to repair or replace the mitral valve? Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2010) 1.44