Table 1.

The ten most cited articles on inguinal hernia in the Web of science.

Title	Objective of the study	Authors	Year of publication	Journal	Total Number of citations	Mean citations per year	NTC
Wide Variation and Excessive Dosage of Opioid Prescriptions for Common General Surgical Procedures	Examine opioid prescription patterns after general surgery procedures and estimate an ideal number of pills to prescribe.	Hill MV et al.	2017	Annals of Surgery	517	103	51
The treatment of complicated groin and incisional hernias	Discuss some alternatives for surgeons, mostly technical considerations, and only in adults for the management of complicated and incisional hernias	Stoppa RE et al.	1989	World Journal of Surgery	497	15	7
Systemic cytokine response after major surgery	Explore the association between plasma cytokine levels, clinical course, and C-reactive protein in major surgery	Baigrie RJ et al.	1992	British Journal of Surgery	487	16	8
Demographic and socioeconomic aspects of hernia repair in the United States in 2003	Describe the demographic and socioeconomic aspects of abdominal wall hernia repair in the US	Rutkow LM et al.	2003	Surgical Clinics of North America	435	23	11
Laparoscopic repair of incisional abdominal hernias using expanded polytetrafluoroethylene: preliminary findings	To describe the preliminary findings of the use of polytetrafluoroethylene in the repair of incisional abdominal hernias in 5 cases	Leblanc KA et al.	1993	Surgical Laparoscopy Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques	391	13	7
Pain and functional impairment 1 year after inguinal herniorrhaphy: a nationwide questionnaire study	To determine the incidence of groin pain 1 year after inguinal herniorrhaphy and assess the influence of chronic groin pain on functionality	Bay- Nielsen M et al.	2001	Annals of Surgery	388	18	8
Feasibility of robotic laparoscopic surgery: 146 cases	Evaluate the feasibility of robotic laparoscopic surgery.	Cadiere GB et al.	2001	World Journal of Surgery	301	14	7
Foreign body reaction to meshes used for the repair of abdominal wall hernias	To investigate local tissue reactions to meshes removed from humans.	Klinge U et al.	1999	European Journal of Surgery	293	13	8
Prospective study of chronic pain after groin hernia repair	To investigate chronic pain in patients 1 year after surgery	Callesen T et al.	1999	British Journal of Surgery	279	12	8
Laparoscopic inguinal herniorrhaphy. Results of. Multicenter trial	To determine if laparoscopic inguinal herniorrhaphy represents a viable alternative to conventional repair	Fitzgibbons R et al.	1995	Annals of Surgery	270	10	8

TAPP, transabdominal preperitoneal patch plasty; TEP, total extraperitoneal patch plasty; NTC, normalized total citations.

NTC = (total number of citations/average n° of citations of all documents published in the same years).

The results are based on the search carried out for articles until December 2021.