Hepato-pancreato-biliary
Christina Monaco Poloni, DO
Physician Resident
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Christina Monaco Poloni, DO
Physician Resident
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Christina Monaco Poloni, DO
Physician Resident
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Rosmi Thomas, DO
Surgical Resident
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, United States
Dana Poloni, DO
Surgical Resident
Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center,, United States
There is no established academic resource for surgical residents and fellows interested in surgical oncology to reference the most influential articles in the operative management of various cancers, including the surgical management of cholangiocarcinoma. While the digital age has enabled peer reviewed articles to be readily accessible, it can be challenging for the trainee to ascertain the core building blocks for their knowledge base and what is most salient amongst the vast data. Therefore, this article serves as part of an ongoing collection series to render this educational database. Here we analyze the top 25 landmark articles in the surgical management of cholangiocarcinoma in the last 25 years to help guide training programs and the trainee.
Methods:
A Web of Science Citation Index search was queried in October 2023 in accordance with previously published protocol. The search engine time frame was 25 years (October 1st, 1998 to September 30, 2023). The term “cholangiocarcinoma” was reviewed. Results were restricted to peer-reviewed original articles written in the English language and with a subcategory tag of “Surgery”. Meta-analyses and guidelines were excluded from the search. A subsequent list of the top 25 most cited publications in the surgical management of cholangiocarcinoma were obtained. Next, a citation density score was calculated for each article, representing the average number of citations within the past 10 years for each of the respective articles. The final list of publications were arranged from highest citation density score to lowest to reflect current applicability.
Results:
The search rendered 2800+ publications and the top 25 landmark articles are analyzed and summarized in Table 1. These most influential papers yielded 9236 cumulative citations with a range of 218-1057 citations per article. The mean Citation Density score was 22.7 (range 7.8-77.1 average citations per year of the last decade). It took an average of 18 years for a publication to qualify on the list with only two articles published in the last decade. Annals of Surgery published the vast majority of the articles (60%), followed by British Journal of Surgery (4%).
Conclusions:
This scholarly review provides a collection of the top 25 most cited original publications in the surgical management of cholangiocarcinoma in the last 25 years. Here we provide an educational guide for surgical trainees to build an understanding of the relevant literature pertaining to this subject. Future aims are underway for various cancers to create a comprehensive educational resource.