Daniel Dindo

44.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 34.3k citations indexed

About

Daniel Dindo is a scholar working on Surgery, Oncology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Dindo has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 34.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Surgery, 14 papers in Oncology and 10 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Daniel Dindo's work include Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (12 papers), Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes (11 papers) and Pelvic floor disorders treatments (10 papers). Daniel Dindo is often cited by papers focused on Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (12 papers), Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes (11 papers) and Pelvic floor disorders treatments (10 papers). Daniel Dindo collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Australia. Daniel Dindo's co-authors include Nicolas Demartines, Pierre-Alain Clavien, Rolf Graf, Pierre A. Clavien, Michelle Oliveira, Richard D. Schulick, Jean‐Nicolas Vauthey, Claudio Bassi, Robert Padbury and Masatoshi Makuuchi and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Annals of Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Dindo

34 papers receiving 33.9k citations

Hit Papers

Classification of Surgical Complications 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 2009 5.0k 10.0k 15.0k 20.0k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Classification of Surgical Complications
    2004 23.9k citations Daniel Dindo, Nicolas Demartines et al. Annals of Surgery profile →
  2. The Clavien-Dindo Classification of Surgical Complications
    2009 8.4k citations Pierre A. Clavien, Jeffrey Barkun et al. Annals of Surgery profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Daniel Dindo Switzerland 22 23.3k 14.0k 11.1k 4.0k 3.6k 36 34.3k
Pierre-Alain Clavien Switzerland 39 22.2k 1.0× 12.5k 0.9× 10.2k 0.9× 6.1k 1.5× 3.3k 0.9× 73 33.2k
Nicolas Demartines Switzerland 58 27.8k 1.2× 13.6k 1.0× 12.1k 1.1× 4.0k 1.0× 7.0k 2.0× 474 38.8k
Claudio Bassi Italy 72 25.6k 1.1× 14.4k 1.0× 27.6k 2.5× 1.3k 0.3× 1.4k 0.4× 500 37.0k
Jean‐Nicolas Vauthey United States 99 21.7k 0.9× 12.3k 0.9× 25.8k 2.3× 19.5k 4.9× 1.6k 0.4× 516 45.7k
Jeffrey Barkun Canada 36 9.7k 0.4× 5.3k 0.4× 4.3k 0.4× 1.6k 0.4× 1.5k 0.4× 102 14.0k
Ksenija Slankamenac Switzerland 25 8.6k 0.4× 4.3k 0.3× 4.0k 0.4× 2.3k 0.6× 1.7k 0.5× 55 12.8k
Paris Tekkis United Kingdom 79 13.8k 0.6× 3.9k 0.3× 12.1k 1.1× 1.5k 0.4× 2.0k 0.6× 397 21.6k
Eduardo de Santibáñes Argentina 34 8.3k 0.4× 4.5k 0.3× 4.2k 0.4× 3.8k 0.9× 997 0.3× 165 12.7k
Pierre A. Clavien Switzerland 22 7.0k 0.3× 3.6k 0.3× 3.1k 0.3× 2.1k 0.5× 1.2k 0.3× 40 10.5k
Victor W. Fazio United States 91 18.5k 0.8× 3.7k 0.3× 10.4k 0.9× 521 0.1× 1.8k 0.5× 405 26.5k

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All Works

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Kambakamba, Patryk, Daniel Dindo, Antonio Nocito, et al.. (2014). Intraoperative adverse events during laparoscopic colorectal resection—better laparoscopic treatment but unchanged incidence. Lessons learnt from a Swiss multi-institutional analysis of 3,928 patients. Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery. 399(3). 297–305. 14 indexed citations
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Dindo, Daniel & Dieter Hahnloser. (2013). Anal mucosectomy for haemorrhoids: should we start to speak Chinese?. Colorectal Disease. 15(4). e186–9. 5 indexed citations
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Tschuor, Christoph, Përparim Limani, Antonio Nocito, et al.. (2013). Perineal stapled prolapse resection for external rectal prolapse: is it worthwhile in the long-term?. Techniques in Coloproctology. 17(5). 537–540. 18 indexed citations
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Dindo, Daniel, et al.. (2012). A challenging hernia: primary venous aneurysm of the proximal saphenous vein. Hernia. 17(1). 111–113. 2 indexed citations
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Rosenthal, Rachel, Markus K. Müller, Antonio Nocito, et al.. (2011). Prospective randomized controlled trial of simulator-based versus traditional in-surgery laparoscopic camera navigation training. Surgical Endoscopy. 26(1). 235–241. 58 indexed citations
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Soll, Christopher, et al.. (2011). Sinusectomy for primary pilonidal sinus: Less is more. Surgery. 150(5). 996–1001. 42 indexed citations
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Steinemann, Daniel C., Daniel Dindo, Pierre–Alain Clavien, & Antonio Nocito. (2011). Atraumatic Chylous Ascites: Systematic Review on Symptoms and Causes. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 212(5). 899–905e4. 109 indexed citations
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Dindo, Daniel, Dieter Hahnloser, & Pierre–Alain Clavien. (2010). Quality Assessment in Surgery. Annals of Surgery. 251(4). 766–771. 60 indexed citations
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Dindo, Daniel & Pierre–Alain Clavien. (2010). Quality assessment in surgery: mission impossible?. Patient Safety in Surgery. 4(1). 18–18. 12 indexed citations
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Dindo, Daniel, Markus Schäfer, Markus K. Müller, Pierre-Alain Clavien, & Dieter Hahnloser. (2009). Laparoscopy for small bowel obstruction: the reason for conversion matters. Surgical Endoscopy. 24(4). 792–797. 47 indexed citations
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Dindo, Daniel, Stefan Breitenstein, Dieter Hahnloser, et al.. (2009). Kinetics of D-dimer after general surgery. Blood Coagulation & Fibrinolysis. 20(5). 347–352. 49 indexed citations
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Clavien, Pierre A., Jeffrey Barkun, Michelle Oliveira, et al.. (2009). The Clavien-Dindo Classification of Surgical Complications. Annals of Surgery. 250(2). 187–196. 8428 indexed citations breakdown →
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Müller, Markus K., Konstantin J. Dedes, Daniel Dindo, et al.. (2008). Impact of clinical pathways in surgery. Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery. 394(1). 31–39. 62 indexed citations
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Dindo, Daniel, Dominik Weishaupt, Kuno Lehmann, et al.. (2008). Clinical and Morphologic Correlation after Stapled Transanal Rectal Resection for Obstructed Defecation Syndrome. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. 51(12). 1768–1774. 23 indexed citations
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Hetzer, Franc, et al.. (2007). Long-term follow-up after combined fissurectomy and Botox injection for chronic anal fissures. International Journal of Colorectal Disease. 22(9). 1077–1081. 41 indexed citations
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Soll, Christopher, Dieter Hahnloser, Daniel Dindo, Pierre–Alain Clavien, & Franc Hetzer. (2007). A novel approach for treatment of sacrococcygeal pilonidal sinus: less is more. International Journal of Colorectal Disease. 23(2). 177–180. 46 indexed citations
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Giuliani, Mauro, Wolfgang Moritz, Daniel Dindo, et al.. (2005). Central Necrosis in Isolated Hypoxic Human Pancreatic Islets: Evidence for Postisolation Ischemia. Cell Transplantation. 14(1). 67–76. 139 indexed citations
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Dindo, Daniel, Nicolas Demartines, & Pierre-Alain Clavien. (2004). Classification of Surgical Complications. Annals of Surgery. 240(2). 205–213. 23888 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dindo, Daniel, Markus K. Müller, Markus Weber, & Pierre–Alain Clavien. (2003). Obesity in general elective surgery. The Lancet. 361(9374). 2032–2035. 486 indexed citations
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Klotz, Hans, Daniel Candinas, Andreas Platz, et al.. (1996). Preoperative risk assessment in elective general surgery. British journal of surgery. 83(12). 1788–1791. 66 indexed citations

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