| A surgical safety checklist to reduce morbidity and mortality in a global population AB Haynes, TG Weiser, WR Berry, SR Lipsitz, AHS Breizat, EP Dellinger, ... New England journal of medicine 360 (5), 491-499, 2009 | 7089 | 2009 |
| Global Surgery 2030: evidence and solutions for achieving health, welfare, and economic development JG Meara, AJM Leather, L Hagander, BC Alkire, N Alonso, EA Ameh, ... The lancet 386 (9993), 569-624, 2015 | 4313 | 2015 |
| The checklist manifesto: How to get things right A Gawande | 3820 | 2009 |
| An estimation of the global volume of surgery: a modelling strategy based on available data TG Weiser, SE Regenbogen, KD Thompson, AB Haynes, SR Lipsitz, ... The Lancet 372 (9633), 139-144, 2008 | 3447 | 2008 |
| Improving safety with information technology DW Bates, AA Gawande New England journal of medicine 348 (25), 2526-2534, 2003 | 2115 | 2003 |
| Being mortal: illness, medicine and what matters in the end A Gawande Profile Books, 2014 | 2059 | 2014 |
| Risk factors for retained instruments and sponges after surgery AA Gawande, DM Studdert, EJ Orav, TA Brennan, MJ Zinner New England Journal of Medicine 348 (3), 229-235, 2003 | 1385 | 2003 |
| Analysis of errors reported by surgeons at three teaching hospitals AA Gawande, MJ Zinner, DM Studdert, TA Brennan Surgery 133 (6), 614-621, 2003 | 1371 | 2003 |
| The incidence and nature of surgical adverse events in Colorado and Utah in 1992 AA Gawande, EJ Thomas, MJ Zinner, TA Brennan Surgery 126 (1), 66-75, 1999 | 1346 | 1999 |
| Claims, errors, and compensation payments in medical malpractice litigation DM Studdert, MM Mello, AA Gawande, TK Gandhi, A Kachalia, C Yoon, ... New England journal of medicine 354 (19), 2024-2033, 2006 | 1112 | 2006 |
| Patterns of communication breakdowns resulting in injury to surgical patients CC Greenberg, SE Regenbogen, DM Studdert, SR Lipsitz, SO Rogers, ... Journal of the American College of Surgeons 204 (4), 533-540, 2007 | 1078 | 2007 |
| Complications: A surgeon's notes on an imperfect science A Gawande Profile Books, 2010 | 1072 | 2010 |
| Estimate of the global volume of surgery in 2012: an assessment supporting improved health outcomes TG Weiser, AB Haynes, G Molina, SR Lipsitz, MM Esquivel, T Uribe-Leitz, ... The Lancet 385, S11, 2015 | 1049 | 2015 |
| Long‐term assessment of a multidisciplinary approach to thyroid nodule diagnostic evaluation L Yassa, ES Cibas, CB Benson, MC Frates, PM Doubilet, AA Gawande, ... Cancer Cytopathology: Interdisciplinary International Journal of the …, 2007 | 953 | 2007 |
| Casualties of war—military care for the wounded from Iraq and Afghanistan A Gawande New England journal of medicine 351 (24), 2471-2475, 2004 | 824 | 2004 |
| Size and distribution of the global volume of surgery in 2012 TG Weiser, AB Haynes, G Molina, SR Lipsitz, MM Esquivel, T Uribe-Leitz, ... Bulletin of the World Health Organization 94 (3), 201, 2016 | 804 | 2016 |
| Relationship between cesarean delivery rate and maternal and neonatal mortality G Molina, TG Weiser, SR Lipsitz, MM Esquivel, T Uribe-Leitz, T Azad, ... Jama 314 (21), 2263-2270, 2015 | 770 | 2015 |
| Variation in surgical-readmission rates and quality of hospital care TC Tsai, KE Joynt, EJ Orav, AA Gawande, AK Jha New England Journal of Medicine 369 (12), 1134-1142, 2013 | 727 | 2013 |
| Better: A surgeon's notes on performance A Gawande, BBCA America Metropolitan, 2007 | 705 | 2007 |
| National costs of the medical liability system MM Mello, A Chandra, AA Gawande, DM Studdert Health affairs 29 (9), 1569-1577, 2010 | 685 | 2010 |
