Massimo Sartelli

25.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
168 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Massimo Sartelli is a scholar working on Surgery, Emergency Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Massimo Sartelli has authored 168 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Surgery, 64 papers in Emergency Medicine and 39 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Massimo Sartelli's work include Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management (53 papers), Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (24 papers) and Diverticular Disease and Complications (20 papers). Massimo Sartelli is often cited by papers focused on Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management (53 papers), Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (24 papers) and Diverticular Disease and Complications (20 papers). Massimo Sartelli collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Massimo Sartelli's co-authors include Mainul Haque, Federico Coccolini, Luca Ansaloni, Fausto Catena, Salomone Di Saverio, Judy McKimm, Muhamad Abu Bakar, Ernest E. Moore, Yoram Kluger and Belinda De Simone and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Annals of Surgery and British journal of surgery.

In The Last Decade

Massimo Sartelli

158 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Health care-associated infections – an overview

2018 793 citations Mainul Haque, Massimo Sartelli et al. profile →
2019 WSES guidelines for the management of severe acute pancreatitis

2019 502 citations Ari Leppäniemi, Matti Tolonen et al. profile →
Acute mesenteric ischemia: guidelines of the World Society of Emergency Surgery

2017 320 citations Ernest E. Moore, Yoram Kluger et al. profile →
Open versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy in acute cholecystitis. Systematic review and meta-analysis

2015 280 citations Federico Coccolini, Fausto Catena et al. International Journal of Surgery profile →
Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries: a scattered picture

2021 228 citations Katia Iskandar, Massimo Sartelli et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Massimo Sartelli

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Massimo Sartelli. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Massimo Sartelli 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 Massimo Sartelli. Massimo Sartelli is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Harnessing Non-Antibiotic Strategies to Counter Multidrug-Resistant Clinical Pathogens with Special Reference to Antimicrobial Peptides and Their Coatings 2025 ·Antibiotics ·Shyam Kumar Mishra, (unknown), Umme Laila Urmi, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Binod Rayamajhee, Francesco M. Labricciosa, Massimo Sartelli, Mark Willcox	6
2	Optimizing Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis in the Era of Antimicrobial Resistance: A Position Paper from the Italian Multidisciplinary Society for the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections (SIMPIOS) 2025 ·Pathogens ·Massimo Sartelli, Francesco M. Labricciosa, Beatrice Casini, Francesco Cortese, Monica Cricca, Alessio Facciolà, (unknown), Matteo Moro, Angelo Pan, Daniela Pasero, Giuseppe Pipitone, Giancarlo Ripabelli	0
3	Bedside Laparoscopy in the Critically Ill: A Review of the Literature 2024 ·Preprints.org ·(unknown), Carlo Vallicelli, (unknown), (unknown), Federico Coccolini, Luca Ansaloni, Massimo Sartelli, Fausto Catena	1
4	Le guerre e la ricerca di un mondo più sicuro. Il ruolo della sanità 2024 ·Recenti Progressi in Medicina ·Massimo Sartelli	1
5	On the use of intravenous metronidazole for severe and complicated Clostridioides difficile infection: a review and meta-analysis 2024 ·Infezioni in Medicina ·Giuseppe Pipitone, Guido Granata, Massimo Sartelli, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Antonio Cascio, Chiara Iaria	1
6	Oral Antibiotics Alone versus Oral Antibiotics Combined with Mechanical Bowel Preparation for Elective Colorectal Surgery: A Propensity Score-Matching Re-Analysis of the iCral 2 and 3 Prospective Cohorts 2024 ·Antibiotics ·Marco Catarci, Stefano Guadagni, Francesco Masedu, Massimo Sartelli, L Montemurro, Gian Luca Baiocchi, Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Felice Borghi, Pierluigi Marini, Marco Scatizzi, (unknown)	0
7	Changes in the ratio of neutrophils to albumin depending on the severity of abdominal sepsis in patients with benign and malignant non-traumatic perforation of the left colon 2024 ·І. А. Кryvoruchko, І. А. Лурін, (unknown), Fausto Catena, Massimo Sartelli, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	0
8	Usefulness of fluorescence imaging with indocyanine green for evaluation of bowel perfusion in the urgency setting: a systematic review and meta-analysis 2024 ·International Journal of Surgery ·(unknown), Carlo Vallicelli, Luca Ansaloni, Federico Coccolini, Paola Fugazzola, Massimo Sartelli, Vanni Agnoletti, Gian Luca Baiocchi, Fausto Catena	1
9	Pancreatic Necrosis Infection as a Determinant of Multiple Organ Failure and Mortality in Acute Pancreatitis 2023 ·Pathogens ·І. А. Кryvoruchko, (unknown), Massimo Sartelli, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	4
10	Antibiotic prophylaxis in trauma: Global Alliance for Infection in Surgery, Surgical Infection Society Europe, World Surgical Infection Society, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, and World Society of Emergency Surgery guidelines 2023 ·The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care ·Federico Coccolini, Massimo Sartelli, Robert G. Sawyer, Kemal Raşa, Marco Ceresoli, Bruno Viaggi, Fausto Catena, Dimitrios Damaskos, Enrico Cicuttin, Camilla Cremonini, Ernest E. Moore, Walter L. Biffl, Raúl Coimbra	9
11	Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Torso, Maxillofacial, and Skin Traumatic Lesions: A Systematic Review of Recent Evidence 2022 ·Antibiotics ·Enrico Cicuttin, Massimo Sartelli, (unknown), Dario Tartaglia, Camilla Cremonini, Bruno Brevi, (unknown), (unknown), Silvia Strambi, Mauro Podda, Fausto Catena, Massimo Chiarugi, Federico Coccolini	8
12	World Society of Emergency Surgery-American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Guidelines for management of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection in surgical patients: An executive summary 2021 ·The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care ·Massimo Sartelli, Luca Ansaloni, (unknown), Federico Coccolini, Belinda De Simone, Ari Leppäniemi, Yoram Kluger, Matti Tolonen, Ernest E. Moore, Fausto Catena	5
13	Executive summary: WSES Guidelines for the management of severe acute pancreatitis 2020 ·The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care ·Ari Leppäniemi, Matti Tolonen, Antonio Tarasconi, Helmut Alfredo Segovia Lohse, Emiliano Gamberini, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Chad G. Ball, Neil Parry, Massimo Sartelli, (unknown), Harry van Goor, Gian Luca Baiocchi, Luca Ansaloni, Walter Biffl, Federico Coccolini, Salomone Di Saverio, Yoram Kluger, Ernest E. Moore, Fausto Catena	23
14	Antibiotic Use in Low and Middle-Income Countries and the Challenges of Antimicrobial Resistance in Surgery 2020 ·Antibiotics ·Massimo Sartelli, Timothy Craig Hardcastle, Fausto Catena, Alain Chichom‐Mefire, Federico Coccolini, Sameer Dhingra, Mainul Haque, Adrien M. Hodonou, Katia Iskandar, Francesco M. Labricciosa, Cristina Marmorale, Ibrahima Sall, Léonardo Pagani	93
15	Post-operative abdominal infections: epidemiology, operational definitions, and outcomes 2019 ·Intensive Care Medicine ·Matteo Bassetti, Christian Eckmann, Daniele Roberto Giacobbe, Massimo Sartelli, Philippe Montravers	47
16	Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections: A Focused Review of Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Operative Management, Antimicrobial Therapy, and Pediatrics 2019 ·Surgical Infections ·Jeffrey M. Tessier, James M. Sanders, Massimo Sartelli, Jan Ulrych, Belinda De Simone, Julia Grabowski, (unknown), Therèse M. Duane	25
17	Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Isolation of Multi-Drug–Resistant Organisms in Patients with Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections 2018 ·Surgical Infections ·Francesco M. Labricciosa, Massimo Sartelli, Lilian M. Abbo, Pamela Barbadoro, Luca Ansaloni, Federico Coccolini, Fausto Catena	25
18	Cholecystectomy in Emilia-Romagna region (Italy): A retrospective cohort study based on a large administrative database. 2017 ·PubMed ·Fausto Catena, Rita Maria Melotti, Daniel Z. Louis, Daniela Fortuna, Luca Ansaloni, Federico Coccolini, Salomone Di Saverio, Massimo Sartelli, Antonio Tarasconi, Gian Luca Baiocchi, Nazario Portolani, (unknown), Belinda De Simone, Rodolfo Catena, Rossana De Palma	1
19	The Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance in Managing Intra-Abdominal Infections 2015 ·Surgical Infections ·Massimo Sartelli, Fausto Catena, Salomone Di Saverio, Luca Ansaloni, Federico Coccolini, Cristian Tranà, James Kirkby‐Bott	16
20	The NOTA Study (Non Operative Treatment for Acute Appendicitis) 2014 ·Annals of Surgery ·Salomone Di Saverio, Andrea Sibilio, Eleonora Giorgini, Andrea Biscardi, Silvia Villani, Federico Coccolini, Nazareno Smerieri, Michele Pisano, Luca Ansaloni, Massimo Sartelli, Fausto Catena, Gregorio Tugnoli	183

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