From pioneering procedures to groundbreaking research, the most read articles in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS) in 2023 resonated strongly with a community of surgeons dedicated to pushing the boundaries of medical science and improving patient outcomes.
JACS featured noteworthy articles—carefully curated and peer-reviewed—focused on cutting-edge techniques, novel approaches, and transformative discoveries such as lessons learned from war, staging laparoscopy for pancreatic cancer, shared decision-making, whole blood resuscitation, rescuing livers for transplantation, colonic and whole gut motility data, and more.
“We would like to thank all the authors who submitted articles to the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, as well as the editors who thoughtfully reviewed and selected the best articles. We strive to have the most impactful articles that will help the practicing surgeon—regardless of specialty. This group of articles is no exception,” said Timothy J. Eberlein, MD, FACS, JACS Editor-in-Chief.
Most Cited
Environmental Impact and Cost of Savings of Operating Room Quality Improvement Initiative: A Scoping Review
Proceedings from the Second Medical Summit on Firearm Injury Prevention, 2022: Creating a Sustainable Healthcare Coalition to Advance a Multidisciplinary Public Health Approach
Mass Shootings in America: Consensus Recommendations for Healthcare Response
Normothermic Machine Perfusion for Declined Livers: A Strategy to Rescue Marginal Livers for Transplantation
Development and Validation of an α-Fetoprotein Tumor Burden Score Model to Predict Postrecurrence Survival among Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Most Read on journalacs.org
Putting Medical Boots on the Ground: Lessons from the War in Ukraine and Applications for Future Conflict with Near-Peer Adversaries
Yield of Staging Laparoscopy for Pancreatic Cancer in the Modern Era: Analysis of More than 1,000 Consecutive Patients
Whole Blood Resuscitation and Association with Survival in Injured Patients with an Elevated Probability of Mortality
Impact of Objective Colonic and Whole Gut Motility Data as Measured by Wireless Motility Capsule on Outcomes of Antireflux Surgery
Effectiveness of Single Chest Tube vs. Double Chest Tube Application Postdecortication: Prospective Randomized Controlled Study
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Proceedings from the Second Medical Summit on Firearm Injusry Prevention, 2022: Creating a Sustainable Healthcare Coalition to Advance a Multidisciplinary Public Health Approach
Putting Medical Boots on the Ground: Lessons from the War in Ukraine and Applications for Future Conflict with Near-Peer Adversaries
Shared Decision-Making in General Surgery: Prospective Comparison of Telemedicine vs. In-Person Visits
Long-Term Survival Outcomes after Operative Management of Chronic Pancreatitis: Two Decades of Experience
Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment in Southern States
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