| EuroSCORE II | European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery | 2012 | 1.5K |
| CONSORT 2010 explanation and elaboration: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials | International Journal of Surgery | 2012 | 1K |
| Guidelines on the management of valvular heart disease (version 2012): the Joint Task Force on the Management of Valvular Heart Disease of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) | European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery | 2012 | 1K |
| Death on the battlefield (2001-2011): implications for the future of combat casualty care | Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery | 2012 | 950 |
| Wound repair and regeneration | European Surgical Research | 2012 | 915 |
| Right portal vein ligation combined with in situ splitting induces rapid left lateral liver lobe hypertrophy enabling 2-staged extended right hepatic resection in small-for-size settings | Annals of Surgery | 2012 | 832 |
| A randomized trial comparing postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy with cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil versus preoperative chemotherapy for localized advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus (JCOG9907) | Annals of Surgical Oncology | 2012 | 811 |
| International Sleeve Gastrectomy Expert Panel Consensus Statement: best practice guidelines based on experience of >12,000 cases | Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases | 2012 | 743 |
| Risk factors that predict mortality in patients with blunt chest wall trauma: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Injury | 2012 | 675 |
| Clinical practice guideline: sudden hearing loss | Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery | 2012 | 622 |
| Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (JSCCR) guidelines 2010 for the treatment of colorectal cancer | International Journal of Clinical Oncology | 2012 | 578 |
| Outcomes after minimally invasive esophagectomy: review of over 1000 patients | Annals of Surgery | 2012 | 563 |
| Epidemiology and cost of ventral hernia repair: making the case for hernia research | Hernia: the Journal of Hernias and Abdominal Wall Surgery | 2012 | 561 |
| Updated standardized endpoint definitions for transcatheter aortic valve implantation: the Valve Academic Research Consortium-2 consensus document (VARC-2) | European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery | 2012 | 554 |
| Optimal preoperative assessment of the geriatric surgical patient: a best practices guideline from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program and the American Geriatrics Society | Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 2012 | 539 |
| Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of moyamoya disease (spontaneous occlusion of the circle of Willis) | Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica | 2012 | 523 |
| Systematic review of the survival rate and the incidence of biological, technical, and aesthetic complications of single crowns on implants reported in longitudinal studies with a mean follow-up of 5 years | Clinical Oral Implants Research | 2012 | 516 |
| Short-term and long-term outcomes of acute kidney injury after lung transplantation | Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | 2012 | 515 |
| Low anterior resection syndrome score: development and validation of a symptom-based scoring system for bowel dysfunction after low anterior resection for rectal cancer | Annals of Surgery | 2012 | 511 |
| Video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy is associated with better perioperative outcomes than open lobectomy in a veteran population | American Journal of Surgery | 2012 | 488 |
| FDA approved guidance conduits and wraps for peripheral nerve injury: a review of materials and efficacy | Injury | 2012 | 486 |
| A randomized, controlled, double-blind crossover study on the effects of 2-L infusions of 0.9% saline and plasma-lyte® 148 on renal blood flow velocity and renal cortical tissue perfusion in healthy volunteers | Annals of Surgery | 2012 | 479 |
| A systematic review of the survival and complication rates of implant-supported fixed dental prostheses (FDPs) after a mean observation period of at least 5 years | Clinical Oral Implants Research | 2012 | 474 |
| Ethnic differences in burn mechanism and severity in a UK paediatric population | Burns | 2012 | 473 |
| A systematic review of post-extractional alveolar hard and soft tissue dimensional changes in humans | Clinical Oral Implants Research | 2012 | 468 |
