The 100 Top Cited

The 100 top-cited papers across the Crohn's-surgery literature (small bowel + ileocolic + large bowel collections), by OpenAlex citation count.

Ranked from Crohn's-surgery literature, small bowel + ileocolic + large bowel collections.
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1British Society of Gastroenterology consensus guidelines on the management of inflammatory bowel disease in adults.
Lamb · 2019 · Gut
1,838
2Epidemiology and natural history of inflammatory bowel diseases.
Cosnes · 2011 · Gastroenterology
1,659
33rd European Evidence-based Consensus on the Diagnosis and Management of Crohn's Disease 2016: Part 1: Diagnosis and Medical Management.
Gomollón F · 2017 · J Crohns Colitis
1,567
4Predictability of the postoperative course of Crohn's disease.
Rutgeerts P · 1990 · Gastroenterology
1,460
5Inflammatory bowel disease: clinical aspects and established and evolving therapies
Baumgart · 2007 · Lancet
1,444
6The second European evidence-based Consensus on the diagnosis and management of Crohn's disease: Current management.
2010 · J Crohns Colitis
1,107
7The extra-intestinal complications of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis: a study of 700 patients.
Greenstein · 1976 · Medicine (Baltimore)
1,063
8Ileal pouch-anal anastomoses complications and function in 1005 patients
Fazio · 1995 · Ann Surg
959
9Mucosal healing in inflammatory bowel disease: results from a Norwegian population-based cohort.
Frøslie · 2007 · Gastroenterology
938
10The second European evidence-based Consensus on the diagnosis and management of Crohn's disease: Definitions and diagnosis.
2010 · J Crohns Colitis
857
11The natural history of adult Crohn's disease in population-based cohorts.
Peyrin-Biroulet L · 2010 · Am J Gastroenterol
831
12Primary sclerosing cholangitis: a review of its clinical features, cholangiography, and hepatic histology.
Chapman RW · 1980 · Gut
740
13Serious infections and mortality in association with therapies for Crohn's disease: TREAT registry.
Lichtenstein GR · 2006 · Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol
720
14Early lesions of recurrent Crohn's disease caused by infusion of intestinal contents in excluded ileum.
D'Haens · 1998 · Gastroenterology
682
15Management of Crohn's disease in adults.
Lichtenstein GR · 2009 · Am J Gastroenterol
679
16Colorectal Cancer in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Mechanisms and Management.
Shah SC · 2022 · Gastroenterology
656
17Natural history of recurrent Crohn's disease at the ileocolonic anastomosis after curative surgery.
Rutgeerts P · 1984 · Gut
639
18Effect of faecal stream diversion on recurrence of Crohn's disease in the neoterminal ileum.
Rutgeerts · 1991 · Lancet
598
19Controlled trial of metronidazole treatment for prevention of Crohn's recurrence after ileal resection.
Rutgeerts P · 1995 · Gastroenterology
596
20Small-bowel capsule endoscopy and device-assisted enteroscopy for diagnosis and treatment of small-bowel disorders: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Clinical Guideline.
2015 · Endoscopy
582
21Risk factors for surgery and postoperative recurrence in Crohn's disease.
Bernell O · 2000 · Ann Surg
517
22Crohn's disease management after intestinal resection: a randomised trial.
2015 · Lancet
499
23A distinct subset of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies is associated with inflammatory bowel disease.
Saxon · 1990 · J Allergy Clin Immunol
479
24Infliximab prevents Crohn's disease recurrence after ileal resection.
Regueiro M · 2009 · Gastroenterology
479
25European consensus on the diagnosis and management of iron deficiency and anaemia in inflammatory bowel diseases.
2015 · J Crohns Colitis
456
26Impact of Clostridium difficile on inflammatory bowel disease.
Issa · 2007 · Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol
452
27Declining risk of colorectal cancer in inflammatory bowel disease: an updated meta-analysis of population-based cohort studies.
Lutgens · 2013 · Inflamm Bowel Dis
436
28Consensus conference: Colorectal cancer screening and surveillance in inflammatory bowel disease.
Itzkowitz · 2005 · Inflamm Bowel Dis
423
29European evidence based consensus on the diagnosis and management of Crohn's disease: current management.
2006 · Gut
421
30Natural course of Crohn's disease after ileocolic resection: endoscopically visualised ileal ulcers preceding symptoms.
Olaison · 1992 · Gut
414
31Glucagon-like peptide 2 improves nutrient absorption and nutritional status in short-bowel patients with no colon.
2001 · Gastroenterology
400
32Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for inflammatory bowel disease
Matsuoka · 2018 · J Gastroenterol
398
33Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease: a comparison of the colorectal cancer risk in extensive colitis.
Gillen · 1994 · Gut
389
34Management of Paediatric Ulcerative Colitis, Part 1: Ambulatory Care-An Evidence-based Guideline From European Crohn's and Colitis Organization and European Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Turner · 2018 · J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr
387
35A comprehensive review and update on Crohn's disease.
Gajendran M · 2018 · Dis Mon
382
36C-reactive protein as a marker for inflammatory bowel disease.
Vermeire · 2004 · Inflamm Bowel Dis
380
37Natural History of Adult Ulcerative Colitis in Population-based Cohorts: A Systematic Review.
Fumery · 2018 · Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol
375
38Occurrence and outcome after primary treatment of anal fistulae in Crohn's disease.
Hellers · 1980 · Gut
364
39The Burden of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Europe in 2020.
Zhao M · 2021 · J Crohns Colitis
349
40Postoperative maintenance of Crohn's disease remission with 6-mercaptopurine, mesalamine, or placebo: a 2-year trial.
Hanauer SB · 2004 · Gastroenterology
349
41Aetiology of disruption of intestinal anastomoses.
Irvin · 1973 · Br J Surg
326
42Chronic ulcerative colitis and colorectal cancer
Rogler · 2014 · Cancer Lett
321
43Pouchitis following ileal pouch-anal anastomosis: definition, pathogenesis, and treatment
Sandborn · 1994 · Gastroenterology
319
44Colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease: epidemiology, risk factors, mechanisms of carcinogenesis and prevention strategies
Triantafillidis · 2009 · Anticancer Res
318
45Changes in clinical characteristics, course, and prognosis of inflammatory bowel disease during the last 5 decades: a population-based study from Copenhagen, Denmark.
Jess · 2007 · Inflamm Bowel Dis
316
46Ornidazole for prophylaxis of postoperative Crohn's disease recurrence: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
Rutgeerts P · 2005 · Gastroenterology
309
47Reoperation and recurrence in Crohn's colitis and ileocolitis; Crude and cumulative rates.
1975 · N Engl J Med
307
48Intestinal cancer risk and mortality in patients with Crohn's disease.
Munkholm P · 1993 · Gastroenterology
304
49The risk of retention of the capsule endoscope in patients with known or suspected Crohn's disease.
2006 · Am J Gastroenterol
298
50Results at up to 20 years after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for chronic ulcerative colitis
Hahnloser · 2007 · Br J Surg
297
51Natural history of elderly-onset inflammatory bowel disease: a population-based cohort study.
Charpentier · 2014 · Gut
295
52Early postoperative complications are not increased in patients with Crohn's disease treated perioperatively with infliximab or immunosuppressive therapy.
Colombel · 2004 · Am J Gastroenterol
292
53Cosmesis and body image after laparoscopic-assisted and open ileocolic resection for Crohn's disease.
Dunker MS · 1998 · Surg Endosc
290
54ECCO-ESCP Consensus on Surgery for Crohn's Disease
Bemelman · 2018 · J Crohns Colitis
290
55European evidence based consensus on the diagnosis and management of Crohn's disease: special situations.
2006 · Gut
288
56SCENIC international consensus statement on surveillance and management of dysplasia in inflammatory bowel disease.
2015 · Gastrointest Endosc
288
57Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies in ulcerative colitis. Comparison with other colitides/diarrheal illnesses.
Duerr · 1991 · Gastroenterology
286
58Risk factors for intra-abdominal sepsis after surgery in Crohn's disease.
Yamamoto T · 2000 · Dis Colon Rectum
281
59Laparoscopic ileocaecal resection versus infliximab for terminal ileitis in Crohn's disease: a randomised controlled, open-label, multicentre trial.
Ponsioen CY · 2017 · Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol
276
60Consensus Recommendations for Evaluation, Interpretation, and Utilization of Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Enterography in Patients With Small Bowel Crohn's Disease.
2018 · Radiology
276
61Contemporary Risk of Surgery in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Population-Based Cohorts.
Tsai · 2021 · Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol
274
62Risk factors for surgery and recurrence in 907 patients with primary ileocaecal Crohn's disease.
Bernell O · 2000 · Br J Surg
273
63Inclusion of the Mesentery in Ileocolic Resection for Crohn's Disease is Associated With Reduced Surgical Recurrence.
Coffey · 2018 · J Crohns Colitis
270
64Infliximab Reduces Endoscopic, but Not Clinical, Recurrence of Crohn's Disease After Ileocolonic Resection.
Regueiro · 2016 · Gastroenterology
268
65Overlap in the spectrum of non-specific inflammatory bowel disease--'colitis indeterminate'.
Price · 1978 · J Clin Pathol
264
66Venous thromboembolism in inflammatory bowel disease.
Solem Craig · 2004 · Am J Gastroenterol
263
67Incidence and mortality of colorectal adenocarcinoma in persons with inflammatory bowel disease from 1998 to 2010.
Herrinton LJ · 2012 · Gastroenterology
260
68ECCO Guidelines on Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Malignancies.
2023 · J Crohns Colitis
258
69Intestinal permeability in patients with Crohn's disease and their healthy relatives.
Katz · 1989 · Gastroenterology
255
70Higher infliximab trough levels are associated with perianal fistula healing in patients with Crohn's disease.
Yarur AJ · 2017 · Aliment Pharmacol Ther
252
71Recent developments in "nonspecific" inflammatory bowel disease (first of two parts).
Kirsner · 1982 · N Engl J Med
251
72Gallbladder disease in patients on long-term parenteral nutrition.
Roslyn JJ · 1983 · Gastroenterology
250
73Therapy of metronidazole with azathioprine to prevent postoperative recurrence of Crohn's disease: a controlled randomized trial.
D'Haens GR · 2008 · Gastroenterology
250
74Risk factors for intra-abdominal septic complications after a first ileocecal resection for Crohn's disease: a multivariate analysis in 161 consecutive patients.
Alves A · 2007 · Dis Colon Rectum
248
75Prospective, randomized trial comparing laparoscopic vs. conventional surgery for refractory ileocolic Crohn's disease.
Milsom · 2001 · Dis Colon Rectum
247
76Influence of phenotype at diagnosis and of other potential prognostic factors on the course of inflammatory bowel disease.
Romberg-Camps · 2009 · Am J Gastroenterol
246
77Systematic review: managing anaemia in Crohn's disease.
Kulnigg S · 2006 · Aliment Pharmacol Ther
244
78Long-term failure after restorative proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis
Tulchinsky · 2003 · Ann Surg
243
79Infliximab in inflammatory bowel disease: clinical outcome in a population based cohort from Stockholm County.
Ljung · 2004 · Gut
242
80Effect of resection margins on the recurrence of Crohn's disease in the small bowel. A randomized controlled trial.
Fazio · 1996 · Ann Surg
242
81Cancer in inflammatory bowel disease
Xie · 2008 · World J Gastroenterol
238
82Long term outcome of patients with active Crohn's disease exhibiting extensive and deep ulcerations at colonoscopy.
Allez · 2002 · Am J Gastroenterol
234
83High multidrug resistance (P-glycoprotein 170) expression in inflammatory bowel disease patients who fail medical therapy.
Farrell R · 2000 · Gastroenterology
232
84American Gastroenterological Association Institute Guideline on the Management of Crohn's Disease After Surgical Resection.
Nguyen · 2017 · Gastroenterology
232
85Increased mucosal tumour necrosis factor alpha production in Crohn's disease can be downregulated ex vivo by probiotic bacteria.
Borruel N · 2002 · Gut
230
86Genetic factors conferring an increased susceptibility to develop Crohn's disease also influence disease phenotype: results from the IBDchip European Project.
Cleynen I · 2013 · Gut
230
87Natural disease course of Crohn's disease during the first 5 years after diagnosis in a European population-based inception cohort: an Epi-IBD study.
Burisch J · 2019 · Gut
230
88Colorectal Cancer in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Stidham Ryan · 2018 · Clin Colon Rectal Surg
229
89Non-perforating small bowel Crohn's disease assessed by MRI enterography: derivation and histopathological validation of an MR-based activity index.
Steward MJ · 2012 · Eur J Radiol
227
90Controlled trial of intravenous hyperalimentation and total bowel rest as an adjunct to the routine therapy of acute colitis.
Dickinson · 1980 · Gastroenterology
225
91Cytomegalovirus in inflammatory bowel disease: pathogen or innocent bystander?
Lawlor · 2010 · Inflamm Bowel Dis
223
92Bone mineral density is reduced in patients with Crohn's disease but not in patients with ulcerative colitis: a population based study.
Jahnsen J · 1997 · Gut
223
93Changes in the bacterial flora of the neoterminal ileum after ileocolonic resection for Crohn's disease.
Neut · 2002 · Am J Gastroenterol
220
94A new type of perinuclear anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (p-ANCA) in active ulcerative colitis but not in Crohn's disease.
Rump · 1990 · Immunobiology
217
95Characterization of inflammation and fibrosis in Crohn's disease lesions by magnetic resonance imaging.
Rimola · 2015 · Am J Gastroenterol
217
96Multicenter randomized-controlled clinical trial of probiotics (Lactobacillus johnsonii, LA1) on early endoscopic recurrence of Crohn's disease after lleo-caecal resection
Van Gossum · 2007 · Inflamm Bowel Dis
216
97Minimal surgery for chronic obstruction in patients with extensive or universal Crohn's disease.
Lee EC · 1982 · Ann R Coll Surg Engl
214
98Work disability in inflammatory bowel disease patients 10 years after disease onset: results from the IBSEN Study.
Høivik · 2013 · Gut
214
99Sarcopenia and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review.
2019 · Inflamm Bowel Dis
214
100Mural inflammation in Crohn disease: location-matched histologic validation of MR imaging features.
Punwani S · 2009 · Radiology
209