L. Mercadal

559 total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 355 citations indexed

About

L. Mercadal is a scholar working on Surgery, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, L. Mercadal has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 355 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Surgery, 5 papers in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and 2 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in L. Mercadal's work include Anesthesia and Pain Management (9 papers), Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation (5 papers) and Anesthesia and Sedative Agents (3 papers). L. Mercadal is often cited by papers focused on Anesthesia and Pain Management (9 papers), Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation (5 papers) and Anesthesia and Sedative Agents (3 papers). L. Mercadal collaborates with scholars based in France and United Kingdom. L. Mercadal's co-authors include Claude Ecoffey, Marc Beaussier, Alain Delbos, Axel Maurice-Szamburski, Sébastien Bloc, Bertrand Morel, Gilles Dhonneur, Pascal Leclerc, Thierry Garnier and Laurent Nové-Josserand and has published in prestigious journals such as Anesthesiology, Drugs and British Journal of Anaesthesia.

In The Last Decade

L. Mercadal

13 papers receiving 341 citations

Hit Papers

Perioperative Use of Intravenous Lidocaine 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200
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. Perioperative Use of Intravenous Lidocaine
    2018 244 citations Marc Beaussier, Alain Delbos et al. Drugs profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
L. Mercadal France 8 267 141 75 37 27 15 355
Kruti Parikh United States 7 162 0.6× 157 1.1× 108 1.4× 11 0.3× 38 1.4× 14 295
Surendra Singh India 11 199 0.7× 120 0.9× 37 0.5× 38 1.0× 50 1.9× 25 389
H. L. Kaul India 12 256 1.0× 190 1.3× 38 0.5× 12 0.3× 30 1.1× 23 407
Amit Jain India 9 171 0.6× 99 0.7× 47 0.6× 10 0.3× 20 0.7× 48 310
Manikandan Sethuraman India 8 75 0.3× 55 0.4× 43 0.6× 8 0.2× 15 0.6× 59 224
Rami Issa United Kingdom 11 386 1.4× 101 0.7× 53 0.7× 26 0.7× 23 0.9× 36 459
Zekiye Bıgat Türkiye 10 279 1.0× 94 0.7× 68 0.9× 11 0.3× 9 0.3× 22 328
Mustapha Bensghir Morocco 10 152 0.6× 86 0.6× 35 0.5× 14 0.4× 15 0.6× 58 253
Shaul Cohen United States 10 239 0.9× 104 0.7× 60 0.8× 34 0.9× 18 0.7× 28 320
Malcie Mesnil France 4 112 0.4× 134 1.0× 66 0.9× 14 0.4× 8 0.3× 5 297

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Fields of papers citing papers by L. Mercadal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of L. Mercadal

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of L. Mercadal. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of L. Mercadal based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with L. Mercadal. L. Mercadal is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Bowness, James, et al.. (2025). Evaluation of AI-based nerve segmentation on ultrasound: relevance of standard metrics in the clinical setting. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 134(5). 1497–1502. 3 indexed citations
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Nové-Josserand, Laurent, et al.. (2019). Analgesic efficacy of ultrasound-guided interscalene block vs. supraclavicular block for ambulatory arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. European Journal of Anaesthesiology. 36(10). 778–786. 16 indexed citations
3.
Beaussier, Marc, Alain Delbos, Axel Maurice-Szamburski, Claude Ecoffey, & L. Mercadal. (2018). Perioperative Use of Intravenous Lidocaine. Drugs. 78(12). 1229–1246. 244 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bloc, Sébastien, L. Mercadal, Thierry Garnier, et al.. (2016). Shoulder position influences the location of the musculocutaneous nerve in the axillary fossa. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. 33. 250–253.
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Bloc, Sébastien, L. Mercadal, T. Garnier, et al.. (2013). Bloc axillaire échoguidé : la distance entre les nerfs médian et musculocutané permet d’orienter le nombre d’injections à effectuer. Annales Françaises d Anesthésie et de Réanimation. 32. A101–A102.
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Bloc, Sébastien, L. Mercadal, Thierry Garnier, et al.. (2011). Evaluation of a New Disinfection Method for Ultrasound Probes Used for Regional Anesthesia. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 30(6). 785–788. 20 indexed citations
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Bloc, Sébastien, L. Mercadal, T. Garnier, et al.. (2010). Fast-tracking en anesthésie locorégionale périphérique : étude préliminaire de faisabilité. Annales Françaises d Anesthésie et de Réanimation. 29(10). 716–719. 4 indexed citations
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Bloc, Sébastien, L. Mercadal, Thierry Garnier, et al.. (2010). Comfort of the patient during axillary blocks placement: a randomized comparison of the neurostimulation and the ultrasound guidance techniques. European Journal of Anaesthesiology. 27(7). 628–633. 23 indexed citations
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Bloc, Sébastien, T. Garnier, L. Mercadal, et al.. (2008). Anesthésie locorégionale périphérique sous échographie : efficacité de stratégie de décontamination de la sonde. Annales Françaises d Anesthésie et de Réanimation. 27(12). 994–998. 7 indexed citations
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Bloc, Sébastien, et al.. (2007). Bloc infraclaviculaire sous contrôle échographique : une étude préliminaire de faisabilité. Annales Françaises d Anesthésie et de Réanimation. 26(7-8). 627–632. 9 indexed citations
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Bloc, Sébastien, Thierry Garnier, H. Asfazadourian, et al.. (2007). Spread of Injectate Associated With Radial or Median Nerve-Type Motor Response During Infraclavicular Brachial-Plexus Block. Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. 32(2). 130–135. 5 indexed citations
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Bloc, Sébastien, Thierry Garnier, Pascal Leclerc, et al.. (2006). Single-Stimulation, Low-Volume Infraclavicular Plexus Block. Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. 31(5). 433–437. 2 indexed citations
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Bloc, Sébastien, et al.. (2005). Bloc plexique infraclaviculaire en monostimulation : l'injection au contact du faisceau postérieur permet de réduire le volume d'anesthésique local. Annales Françaises d Anesthésie et de Réanimation. 24(11-12). 1329–1333. 8 indexed citations
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Tieulié, N., D. Lê Thi Huong, M. Andreu, et al.. (2002). Glomérulonéphrite associée aux ANCA secondaire au benzylthiouracile. La Revue de Médecine Interne. 23(10). 853–856. 12 indexed citations
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Dhonneur, G., Yves Lambert, J. P. Cantineau, L. Mercadal, & P. Duvaldestin. (1992). EVALUATION OF RESIDUAL NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCK IN PACU. Anesthesiology. 77(Supplement). A1124–A1124. 2 indexed citations

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