Alessandro Brunelli

19.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
310 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Alessandro Brunelli is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Alessandro Brunelli has authored 310 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 230 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 84 papers in Surgery and 65 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Alessandro Brunelli's work include Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (179 papers), Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases (79 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (60 papers). Alessandro Brunelli is often cited by papers focused on Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (179 papers), Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases (79 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (60 papers). Alessandro Brunelli collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and United States. Alessandro Brunelli's co-authors include Michele Salati, Majed Refai, Armando Sabbatini, Gaetano Rocco, Cecilia Pompili, Francesco Xiumè, Gonzálo Varela, A Fianchini, Pierre‐Emmanuel Falcoz and Anthony W. Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Alessandro Brunelli

298 papers receiving 9.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Guidelines for enhanced recovery after lung surgery: recommendations of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society and the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS)

2018 711 citations Tim Batchelor, Neil Rasburn et al. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery profile →
ERS/ESTS clinical guidelines on fitness for radical therapy in lung cancer patients (surgery and chemo-radiotherapy)

2009 607 citations Alessandro Brunelli, Gaetano Rocco et al. profile →
Physiologic Evaluation of the Patient With Lung Cancer Being Considered for Resectional Surgery

2013 576 citations Alessandro Brunelli et al. profile →
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus open lobectomy for primary non-small-cell lung cancer: a propensity-matched analysis of outcome from the European Society of Thoracic Surgeon database

2015 290 citations Pierre‐Emmanuel Falcoz, P. Thomas et al. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Alessandro Brunelli	6.8k	3.0k	2.1k	1.5k	872	310	9.6k
Robert J. Cerfolio	8.6k 1.3×	4.7k 1.6×	1.2k 0.6×	2.0k 1.3×	2.0k 2.3×	298	13.5k
David H. Harpole	9.1k 1.3×	3.3k 1.1×	1.1k 0.5×	3.8k 2.5×	1.5k 1.8×	203	12.8k
Tom Treasure	4.6k 0.7×	3.6k 1.2×	3.4k 1.6×	1.4k 0.9×	818 0.9×	352	10.1k
Mark K. Ferguson	5.3k 0.8×	3.5k 1.2×	829 0.4×	1.4k 0.9×	672 0.8×	218	7.6k
Thomas A. D’Amico	8.7k 1.3×	3.7k 1.3×	601 0.3×	2.5k 1.6×	1.2k 1.4×	299	11.1k
Bernard J. Park	6.0k 0.9×	2.6k 0.9×	661 0.3×	2.0k 1.3×	940 1.1×	178	8.3k
Stewart R. Walsh	3.1k 0.5×	3.5k 1.2×	1.8k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	583 0.7×	231	7.6k
Claude Deschamps	8.5k 1.3×	6.4k 2.2×	914 0.4×	2.7k 1.7×	886 1.0×	249	13.4k
Benjamin D. Kozower	3.5k 0.5×	2.6k 0.9×	912 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	594 0.7×	212	5.8k
Paul Van Schil	7.4k 1.1×	2.1k 0.7×	341 0.2×	2.2k 1.4×	2.2k 2.5×	300	10.3k

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Huang, Lin, et al.. (2025). Unforeseen nodal upstaging in patients undergoing segmentectomy without frozen section: a multicenter retrospective cohort study. Surgical Endoscopy. 39(4). 2296–2303.

Kent, Michael S., Brian Mitzman, Onkar V. Khullar, et al.. (2024). The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Expert Consensus Document on the Management of Pleural Drains After Pulmonary Lobectomy. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 118(4). 764–777. 4 indexed citations

Minervini, Fabrizio, Pietro Bertoglio, Alessandro Brunelli, & Yaron Shargall. (2024). How safe is it to discharge home patients with a chest tube in place? A narrative review of the literature. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 67(Supplement_1). i41–i46.

Houda, Ilias, Chris Dickhoff, Carin A. Uyl‐de Groot, et al.. (2024). Challenges and controversies in resectable non-small cell lung cancer: a clinician’s perspective. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 38. 100841–100841. 17 indexed citations

Aigner, Clemens, Hasan Fevzi Batırel, Rudolf M. Huber, et al.. (2024). Resectable non-stage IV nonsmall cell lung cancer: the surgical perspective. European Respiratory Review. 33(171). 230195–230195. 1 indexed citations

Houda, Ilias, Chris Dickhoff, Carin A. Uyl‐de Groot, et al.. (2024). New systemic treatment paradigms in resectable non-small cell lung cancer and variations in patient access across Europe. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 38. 100840–100840. 18 indexed citations

Rendina, Erino Angelo, Nural Bekiroğlu, Marcelo F. Jiménez, et al.. (2024). European multicentre study evaluating the prognosis of peripheral early-stage lung adenocarcinoma patients operated on by segmentectomy or lobectomy. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 66(5). 1 indexed citations

Brunelli, Alessandro, et al.. (2023). Minimally invasive segmentectomy and lobectomy for peripheral stage IA1–2 non-small-cell lung cancer: a case-matched cohort study from a UK Centre. Interdisciplinary CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery. 37(6). 1 indexed citations

Bertolaccini, Luca, Pierre‐Emmanuel Falcoz, Alessandro Brunelli, et al.. (2023). The significance of general data protection regulation in the compliant data contribution to the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons database. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 64(3). 7 indexed citations

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Imperatori, Andrea, Maria Cattoni, Luca Bertolaccini, et al.. (2023). Assessment of the 90-day mortality risk score after video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy in the Italian VATS Group cohort. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease. 94(2).

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González, Michel, Herbert Decaluwé, Clemens Aigner, et al.. (2022). Sleeve lobectomy in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer: a report from the European Society of Thoracic Surgery database 2021. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 62(6). 7 indexed citations

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Shen, Yaxing, Junyi Hou, Youwen Chen, et al.. (2022). The effect of enhanced recovery after minimally invasive esophagectomy: a randomized controlled trial. Surgical Endoscopy. 36(12). 9113–9122. 13 indexed citations

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Tosi, Davide, Mario Nosotti, Gianluca Bonitta, et al.. (2020). Anatomical segmentectomy versus pulmonary lobectomy for stage I non-small-cell lung cancer: patients selection and outcomes from the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons database analysis. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. 32(4). 546–551. 22 indexed citations

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Brunelli, Alessandro, Gaetano Rocco, Zalán Szántó, P. Thomas, & Pierre‐Emmanuel Falcoz. (2019). Morbidity and mortality of lobectomy or pneumonectomy after neoadjuvant treatment: an analysis from the ESTS database. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 57(4). 740–746. 31 indexed citations

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Zeng, Yuan, Nicholas R. Mayne, Chi‐Fu Jeffrey Yang, et al.. (2019). A Nomogram for Predicting Cancer-Specific Survival of TNM 8th Edition Stage I Non-small-cell Lung Cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 26(7). 2053–2062. 48 indexed citations

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Batchelor, Tim, Neil Rasburn, Etienne Abdelnour‐Berchtold, et al.. (2018). Guidelines for enhanced recovery after lung surgery: recommendations of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society and the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS). European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 55(1). 91–115. 711 indexed citations breakdown →

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Decaluwé, Herbert, René Horsleben Petersen, Henrik Jessen Hansen, et al.. (2015). Major intraoperative complications during video-assisted thoracoscopic anatomical lung resections: an intention-to-treat analysis. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 48(4). 588–599. 75 indexed citations

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Herbst, Tom, Roberto Ragazzoni, Carmelo Arcidiacono, et al.. (2011). Novel Adaptive Optics on the Pathway to ELTs: MCAO with LINC-NIRVANA on LBT. 20.

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Refai, M., Alessandro Brunelli, Michele Salati, et al.. (2011). The impact of chest tube removal on pain and pulmonary function after pulmonary resection. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 41(4). 820–823. 110 indexed citations

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Bottini, Alberto, Alfredo Berruti, Alessandra Bersiga, et al.. (1996). Effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on Ki67 labelling index, c-erbB-2 expression and steroid hormone receptor status in human breast tumours.. PubMed. 16(5B). 3105–10. 54 indexed citations

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