Table 1 Top-10 most accessed articles on the PSS website (as of Nov. 15, 2017)
Rank | Article | Publication year | Accesses (n) |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kirchhoff P, et al. Complications in colorectal surgery: risk factors and preventive strategies. Patient Saf. Surg. 2010, 4:5 | 2010 | 114,201 |
2 | Stahel PF, et al. Why do surgeons continue to perform unnecessary surgery? Patient Saf. Surg. 2017, 11:1 | 2017 | 100,785 |
3 | Stornelli N, et al. The dangers of lithotomy positioning in the operating room: case report of bilateral lower extremity compartment syndrome after a 90-min surgical procedure. Patient Saf. Surg. 2016, 10:18 | 2016 | 93,699 |
4 | Subramanian V, et al. The risk of intra-urethral Foley catheter balloon inflation in spinal cord-injured patients: Lessons learned from a retrospective case series. Patient Saf. Surg. 2016, 10:14 | 2016 | 90,381 |
5 | Oldhafer F, et al. Monitoring of liver function in a 73-year old patient undergoing ‘Associating Liver Partition and Portal vein ligation for Staged hepatectomy’: case report applying the novel liver maximum function capacity test. Patient Saf. Surg. 2016, 10:16 | 2016 | 87,966 |
6 | Ten Hagen A, et al. Anaphylactic shock during cement implantation of a total hip arthroplasty in a patient with underlying mastocytosis: case report of a rare intraoperative complication. Patient Saf. Surg. 2016, 10:25 | 2016 | 87,958 |
7 | Weckbach S, et al. A survey on patients’ knowledge and expectations during informed consent for spinal surgery: can we improve the shared decision-making process? Patient Saf. Surg. 2016, 10:15 | 2016 | 87,681 |
8 | Almahmoud K, et al. Trends in intubation rates and durations in ventilated severely injured trauma patients: an analysis from the TraumaRegister DGU®. Patient Saf. Surg. 2016, 10:24 | 2016 | 85,979 |
9 | Schmitt JW, et al. Is total hip arthroplasty safely performed in lung transplant patients? Current experience from a retrospective study of the Zurich lung transplant cohort. Patient Saf. Surg. 2016, 10:17 | 2016 | 84,986 |
10 | Stahel PF, et al. Introducing the “Bone-Screw-Fastener” for improved screw fixation in orthopedic surgery: a revolutionary paradigm shift? Patient Saf. Surg. 2017, 11:6 | 2017 | 82,464 |