Nicola Cillara

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 348 citations indexed

About

Nicola Cillara is a scholar working on Surgery, Emergency Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicola Cillara has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 348 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Surgery, 8 papers in Emergency Medicine and 6 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Nicola Cillara's work include Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management (8 papers), Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders (5 papers) and Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies (5 papers). Nicola Cillara is often cited by papers focused on Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management (8 papers), Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders (5 papers) and Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies (5 papers). Nicola Cillara collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Spain and Colombia. Nicola Cillara's co-authors include Mauro Podda, Salomone Di Saverio, Arianna Birindelli, Chiara Gerardi, Richard Justin Davies, Nicola Fearnhead, Carlos Augusto Gomes, Ferdinando Agresta, Nereo Vettoretto and Francesco Feroci and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Annals of Surgery and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Nicola Cillara

14 papers receiving 338 citations

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Antibiotic Treatment and Appendectomy for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis in Adults and Children

2019 160 citations Mauro Podda, Chiara Gerardi et al. Annals of Surgery profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicola Cillara Italy	7	306	299	63	38	37	17	348
Sheraz R. Markar United Kingdom	7	261 0.9×	264 0.9×	35 0.6×	38 1.0×	30 0.8×	12	316
Anna Solberg Sweden	5	360 1.2×	373 1.2×	21 0.3×	21 0.6×	41 1.1×	5	397
Andrea Sibilio Italy	6	249 0.8×	227 0.8×	23 0.4×	15 0.4×	26 0.7×	10	276
Hilko A. Swank Netherlands	9	547 1.8×	383 1.3×	58 0.9×	78 2.1×	16 0.4×	14	576
Iqbal Khan Ireland	9	247 0.8×	97 0.3×	26 0.4×	40 1.1×	28 0.8×	31	290
Barbora Patkova Sweden	5	317 1.0×	335 1.1×	12 0.2×	20 0.5×	28 0.8×	5	348
Jane Heath Sweden	7	274 0.9×	206 0.7×	60 1.0×	25 0.7×	13 0.4×	8	307
B.K. Poulose United States	7	368 1.2×	80 0.3×	22 0.3×	77 2.0×	21 0.6×	13	400
Stefan T. van Dijk Netherlands	11	322 1.1×	286 1.0×	14 0.2×	17 0.4×	29 0.8×	12	346
Alberto Serventi Italy	8	336 1.1×	221 0.7×	44 0.7×	14 0.4×	9 0.2×	21	360

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17 of 17 papers shown

Rega, Daniela, Raffaele De Luca, Andrea Muratore, et al.. (2025). Improved outcomes with cyanoacrylate glue for ileocolic anastomosis in right colectomy: a multicenter study. Annals of Coloproctology. 41(4). 293–302.

Cillara, Nicola, Mauro Podda, Cesar Iván Avilés González, et al.. (2025). Validity and Reliability of Patient Activation Measure (PAM13‐I) Italian Version Among Patient Undergoing Elective Surgery. Research in Nursing & Health. 48(2). 281–293.

Cillara, Nicola, et al.. (2024). Electronic Health Record Adoption and Its Effects on Healthcare Staff: A Qualitative Study of Well-Being and Workplace Stress. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 21(11). 1430–1430. 4 indexed citations

Cillara, Nicola, et al.. (2024). Association between patient activation and delayed discharge in elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A prospective cohort analysis. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 154. 104751–104751. 3 indexed citations

Cillara, Nicola, et al.. (2023). A Prospective Cohort Analysis of the Prevalence and Predictive Factors of Delayed Discharge After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Italy: The DeDiLaCo Study. Surgical Laparoscopy Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques. 33(5). 463–473. 2 indexed citations

Cillara, Nicola, Pietro Fransvea, Michele Provenzano, et al.. (2023). Factors influencing delayed discharge after day-surgery laparoscopic cholecystectomy: the DeDiLaCo study protocol.. PubMed. 27(17). 8245–8252. 1 indexed citations

Cillara, Nicola, et al.. (2022). Ileo-colic lipomatosis complicated by cecum perforation and mimicking acute appendicitis: a case report.. PubMed. 93(S1). e2022208–e2022208.

Arezzo, Alberto, Massimiliano Mistrangelo, Marco Augusto Bonino, et al.. (2021). Oral neomycin and bacitracin are effective in preventing surgical site infections in elective colorectal surgery: a multicentre, randomized, parallel, single-blinded trial (COLORAL-1). Updates in Surgery. 73(5). 1775–1786. 15 indexed citations

Podda, Mauro, Gaetano Poillucci, Daniela Pacella, et al.. (2021). Appendectomy versus conservative treatment with antibiotics for patients with uncomplicated acute appendicitis: a propensity score–matched analysis of patient-centered outcomes (the ACTUAA prospective multicenter trial). International Journal of Colorectal Disease. 36(3). 589–598. 20 indexed citations

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Bianco, Paola Del, et al.. (2021). Atraumatic Splenic Rupture in a SARS-CoV-2 Patient: Case Report and Review of Literature. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2021. 1–5. 6 indexed citations

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Podda, Mauro, Chiara Gerardi, Nicola Cillara, et al.. (2019). Antibiotic Treatment and Appendectomy for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis in Adults and Children. Annals of Surgery. 270(6). 1028–1040. 160 indexed citations breakdown →

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Podda, Mauro, M. Nicholas Coppola, Ferdinando Agresta, et al.. (2017). A prospective non-randomized controlled, multicenter trial comparing Appendectomy and Conservative Treatment for Patients with Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis (the ACTUAA study). International Journal of Colorectal Disease. 32(11). 1649–1660. 6 indexed citations

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Podda, Mauro, Nicola Cillara, Salomone Di Saverio, et al.. (2017). Antibiotics-first strategy for uncomplicated acute appendicitis in adults is associated with increased rates of peritonitis at surgery. A systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials comparing appendectomy and non-operative management with antibiotics. The Surgeon. 15(5). 303–314. 84 indexed citations

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Poillucci, Gaetano, Mauro Podda, Salomone Di Saverio, et al.. (2017). Laparoscopic appendectomy vs antibiotic therapy for acute appendicitis: a propensity score-matched analysis from a multicenter cohort study. Updates in Surgery. 69(4). 531–540. 12 indexed citations

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Agresta, Ferdinando, Fabio Cesare Campanile, Mauro Podda, et al.. (2016). Current status of laparoscopy for acute abdomen in Italy: a critical appraisal of 2012 clinical guidelines from two consecutive nationwide surveys with analysis of 271,323 cases over 5 years. Surgical Endoscopy. 31(4). 1785–1795. 28 indexed citations

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Pisanu, Adolfo, et al.. (2006). One-stage treatment in emergency setting for obstructing colorectal cancer.. PubMed. 4(3). S148–S148. 1 indexed citations

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Uccheddu, A, Adolfo Pisanu, Alessandro Cois, & Nicola Cillara. (2005). Can intraoperative cholangiography be avoided during laparoscopic cholecystectomy?. PubMed. 57(5). 571–7. 6 indexed citations

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