Top 100 Most-Cited Papers

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

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1British Society of Gastroenterology consensus guidelines on the management of inflammatory bowel disease in adults.
Lamb CA · 2019 · Gut
1,824
2Epidemiology and natural history of inflammatory bowel diseases.
Cosnes J · 2011 · Gastroenterology
1,653
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
1,556
4Predictability of the postoperative course of Crohn's disease.
Rutgeerts P · 1990 · Gastroenterology
1,458
5Inflammatory bowel disease: clinical aspects and established and evolving therapies.
Baumgart DC · 2007 · Lancet
1,440
6The extra-intestinal complications of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis: a study of 700 patients.
Greenstein AJ · 1976 · Medicine (Baltimore)
1,062
7Ileal pouch-anal anastomoses complications and function in 1005 patients.
Fazio VW · 1995 · Ann Surg
958
8Mucosal healing in inflammatory bowel disease: results from a Norwegian population-based cohort.
Frøslie KF · 2007 · Gastroenterology
936
9The natural history of adult Crohn's disease in population-based cohorts.
Peyrin-Biroulet L · 2010 · Am J Gastroenterol
825
10Primary sclerosing cholangitis: a review of its clinical features, cholangiography, and hepatic histology.
Chapman RW · 1980 · Gut
739
11Serious infections and mortality in association with therapies for Crohn's disease: TREAT registry.
Lichtenstein GR · 2006 · Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol
720
12Early lesions of recurrent Crohn's disease caused by infusion of intestinal contents in excluded ileum.
D'Haens GR · 1998 · Gastroenterology
682
13Management of Crohn's disease in adults.
Lichtenstein GR · 2009 · Am J Gastroenterol
677
14Colorectal Cancer in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Mechanisms and Management.
Shah SC · 2022 · Gastroenterology
643
15Natural history of recurrent Crohn's disease at the ileocolonic anastomosis after curative surgery.
Rutgeerts P · 1984 · Gut
639
16Effect of faecal stream diversion on recurrence of Crohn's disease in the neoterminal ileum.
Rutgeerts P · 1991 · Lancet
598
17Controlled trial of metronidazole treatment for prevention of Crohn's recurrence after ileal resection.
Rutgeerts P · 1995 · Gastroenterology
596
18Risk factors for surgery and postoperative recurrence in Crohn's disease.
Bernell O · 2000 · Ann Surg
515
19Intraluminal pH of the human gastrointestinal tract.
Fallingborg J · 1999 · Dan Med Bull
500
20A distinct subset of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies is associated with inflammatory bowel disease.
Saxon A · 1990 · J Allergy Clin Immunol
479
21Infliximab prevents Crohn's disease recurrence after ileal resection.
Regueiro M · 2009 · Gastroenterology
479
22Impact of Clostridium difficile on inflammatory bowel disease.
Issa M · 2007 · Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol
449
23Declining risk of colorectal cancer in inflammatory bowel disease: an updated meta-analysis of population-based cohort studies.
Lutgens MW · 2013 · Inflamm Bowel Dis
434
24Consensus conference: Colorectal cancer screening and surveillance in inflammatory bowel disease.
Itzkowitz SH · 2005 · Inflamm Bowel Dis
423
25Natural course of Crohn's disease after ileocolic resection: endoscopically visualised ileal ulcers preceding symptoms.
Olaison G · 1992 · Gut
413
26Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for inflammatory bowel disease.
Matsuoka K · 2018 · J Gastroenterol
396
27Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease: a comparison of the colorectal cancer risk in extensive colitis.
Gillen CD · 1994 · Gut
389
28C-reactive protein as a marker for inflammatory bowel disease.
Vermeire S · 2004 · Inflamm Bowel Dis
379
29A comprehensive review and update on Crohn's disease.
Gajendran M · 2018 · Dis Mon
379
30Natural History of Adult Ulcerative Colitis in Population-based Cohorts: A Systematic Review.
Fumery M · 2018 · Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol
368
31Occurrence and outcome after primary treatment of anal fistulae in Crohn's disease.
Hellers G · 1980 · Gut
364
32Laparoscopic colectomy.
Phillips EH · 1992 · Ann Surg
348
33Postoperative maintenance of Crohn's disease remission with 6-mercaptopurine, mesalamine, or placebo: a 2-year trial.
Hanauer SB · 2004 · Gastroenterology
348
34The Burden of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Europe in 2020.
Zhao M · 2021 · J Crohns Colitis
343
35Aetiology of disruption of intestinal anastomoses.
Irvin TT · 1973 · Br J Surg
326
36Pouchitis following ileal pouch-anal anastomosis: definition, pathogenesis, and treatment.
Sandborn WJ · 1994 · Gastroenterology
319
37Chronic ulcerative colitis and colorectal cancer.
Rogler G · 2014 · Cancer Lett
318
38Colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease: epidemiology, risk factors, mechanisms of carcinogenesis and prevention strategies.
Triantafillidis JK · 2009 · Anticancer Res
316
39Changes in clinical characteristics, course, and prognosis of inflammatory bowel disease during the last 5 decades: a population-based study from Copenhagen, Denmark.
Jess T · 2007 · Inflamm Bowel Dis
314
40Ornidazole for prophylaxis of postoperative Crohn's disease recurrence: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
Rutgeerts P · 2005 · Gastroenterology
308
41Intestinal cancer risk and mortality in patients with Crohn's disease.
Munkholm P · 1993 · Gastroenterology
304
42Long-term results of overlapping anterior anal-sphincter repair for obstetric trauma.
Malouf AJ · 2000 · Lancet
303
43Results at up to 20 years after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for chronic ulcerative colitis.
Hahnloser D · 2007 · Br J Surg
297
44Natural history of elderly-onset inflammatory bowel disease: a population-based cohort study.
Charpentier C · 2014 · Gut
293
45Early postoperative complications are not increased in patients with Crohn's disease treated perioperatively with infliximab or immunosuppressive therapy.
Colombel JF · 2004 · Am J Gastroenterol
292
46Cosmesis and body image after laparoscopic-assisted and open ileocolic resection for Crohn's disease.
Dunker MS · 1998 · Surg Endosc
290
47Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies in ulcerative colitis. Comparison with other colitides/diarrheal illnesses.
Duerr RH · 1991 · Gastroenterology
286
48Risk factors for intra-abdominal sepsis after surgery in Crohn's disease.
Yamamoto T · 2000 · Dis Colon Rectum
281
49Risk factors for surgery and recurrence in 907 patients with primary ileocaecal Crohn's disease.
Bernell O · 2000 · Br J Surg
273
50Diaphragm disease: pathology of disease of the small intestine induced by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
Lang J · 1988 · J Clin Pathol
272
51Laparoscopic ileocaecal resection versus infliximab for terminal ileitis in Crohn's disease: a randomised controlled, open-label, multicentre trial.
Ponsioen CY · 2017 · Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol
270
52Inclusion of the Mesentery in Ileocolic Resection for Crohn's Disease is Associated With Reduced Surgical Recurrence.
Coffey CJ · 2018 · J Crohns Colitis
266
53Overlap in the spectrum of non-specific inflammatory bowel disease--'colitis indeterminate'.
Price AB · 1978 · J Clin Pathol
264
54Gastrointestinal tract pathology in patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID): a clinicopathologic study and review.
Daniels JA · 2007 · Am J Surg Pathol
264
55Infliximab Reduces Endoscopic, but Not Clinical, Recurrence of Crohn's Disease After Ileocolonic Resection.
Regueiro M · 2016 · Gastroenterology
264
56Venous thromboembolism in inflammatory bowel disease.
Solem CA · 2004 · Am J Gastroenterol
263
57Contemporary Risk of Surgery in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Population-Based Cohorts.
Tsai L · 2021 · Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol
262
58Incidence and mortality of colorectal adenocarcinoma in persons with inflammatory bowel disease from 1998 to 2010.
Herrinton LJ · 2012 · Gastroenterology
260
59Intestinal permeability in patients with Crohn's disease and their healthy relatives.
Katz KD · 1989 · Gastroenterology
255
60Higher infliximab trough levels are associated with perianal fistula healing in patients with Crohn's disease.
Yarur AJ · 2017 · Aliment Pharmacol Ther
252
61Recent developments in "nonspecific" inflammatory bowel disease (first of two parts).
Kirsner JB · 1982 · N Engl J Med
251
62Gallbladder disease in patients on long-term parenteral nutrition.
Roslyn JJ · 1983 · Gastroenterology
250
63Therapy of metronidazole with azathioprine to prevent postoperative recurrence of Crohn's disease: a controlled randomized trial.
D'Haens GR · 2008 · Gastroenterology
249
64Risk 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
65Prospective, randomized trial comparing laparoscopic vs. conventional surgery for refractory ileocolic Crohn's disease.
Milsom JW · 2001 · Dis Colon Rectum
247
66Influence of phenotype at diagnosis and of other potential prognostic factors on the course of inflammatory bowel disease.
Romberg-Camps MJ · 2009 · Am J Gastroenterol
246
67Systematic review: managing anaemia in Crohn's disease.
Kulnigg S · 2006 · Aliment Pharmacol Ther
244
68Long-term failure after restorative proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis.
Tulchinsky H · 2003 · Ann Surg
243
69Infliximab in inflammatory bowel disease: clinical outcome in a population based cohort from Stockholm County.
Ljung T · 2004 · Gut
242
70Effect of resection margins on the recurrence of Crohn's disease in the small bowel. A randomized controlled trial.
Fazio VW · 1996 · Ann Surg
242
71Cancer in inflammatory bowel disease.
Xie J · 2008 · World J Gastroenterol
238
72Long term outcome of patients with active Crohn's disease exhibiting extensive and deep ulcerations at colonoscopy.
Allez M · 2002 · Am J Gastroenterol
233
73High multidrug resistance (P-glycoprotein 170) expression in inflammatory bowel disease patients who fail medical therapy.
Farrell RJ · 2000 · Gastroenterology
231
74Increased mucosal tumour necrosis factor alpha production in Crohn's disease can be downregulated ex vivo by probiotic bacteria.
Borruel N · 2002 · Gut
230
75Genetic factors conferring an increased susceptibility to develop Crohn's disease also influence disease phenotype: results from the IBDchip European Project.
Cleynen I · 2013 · Gut
229
76Natural 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
229
77American Gastroenterological Association Institute Guideline on the Management of Crohn's Disease After Surgical Resection.
Nguyen GC · 2017 · Gastroenterology
228
78Colorectal Cancer in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Stidham RW · 2018 · Clin Colon Rectal Surg
227
79Non-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
80Controlled trial of intravenous hyperalimentation and total bowel rest as an adjunct to the routine therapy of acute colitis.
Dickinson RJ · 1980 · Gastroenterology
225
81Cytomegalovirus in inflammatory bowel disease: pathogen or innocent bystander?
Lawlor G · 2010 · Inflamm Bowel Dis
223
82Bone 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
83Changes in the bacterial flora of the neoterminal ileum after ileocolonic resection for Crohn's disease.
Neut C · 2002 · Am J Gastroenterol
220
84Intestinal involvement in Behçet's disease: review of 136 surgical cases in the Japanese literature.
Kasahara Y · 1981 · Dis Colon Rectum
219
85A new type of perinuclear anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (p-ANCA) in active ulcerative colitis but not in Crohn's disease.
Rump JA · 1990 · Immunobiology
217
86Anastomotic leakage after lower gastrointestinal anastomosis: men are at a higher risk.
Lipska MA · 2006 · ANZ J Surg
217
87Characterization of inflammation and fibrosis in Crohn's disease lesions by magnetic resonance imaging.
Rimola J · 2015 · Am J Gastroenterol
217
88Minimal surgery for chronic obstruction in patients with extensive or universal Crohn's disease.
Lee EC · 1982 · Ann R Coll Surg Engl
214
89Multicenter randomized-controlled clinical trial of probiotics (Lactobacillus johnsonii, LA1) on early endoscopic recurrence of Crohn's disease after lleo-caecal resection.
Van Gossum A · 2007 · Inflamm Bowel Dis
213
90Work disability in inflammatory bowel disease patients 10 years after disease onset: results from the IBSEN Study.
Høivik ML · 2013 · Gut
212
91Mural inflammation in Crohn disease: location-matched histologic validation of MR imaging features.
Punwani S · 2009 · Radiology
209
92A controlled study of bone mineral density in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Silvennoinen JA · 1995 · Gut
205
93Primary and recurrent Crohn's disease. Experience with 1379 patients.
Michelassi F · 1991 · Ann Surg
203
94Healing of severe recurrent ileitis with azathioprine therapy in patients with Crohn's disease.
D'Haens G · 1997 · Gastroenterology
203
95The quality of life in patients with Crohn's disease.
Cohen RD · 2002 · Aliment Pharmacol Ther
202
96Incidence, outcomes, and health services burden of very early onset inflammatory bowel disease.
Benchimol EI · 2014 · Gastroenterology
202
97Oral budesonide for prevention of postsurgical recurrence in Crohn's disease. The IOIBD Budesonide Study Group.
Hellers G · 1999 · Gastroenterology
202
98Unexplained bronchopulmonary disease with inflammatory bowel disease.
Kraft SC · 1976 · Arch Intern Med
201
995-aminosalicylic acid in a slow-release preparation: bioavailability, plasma level, and excretion in humans.
Rasmussen SN · 1982 · Gastroenterology
201
100Stapled versus handsewn methods for ileocolic anastomoses.
Choy PY · 2011 · Cochrane Database Syst Rev
197