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Patient Safety in Surgery (ISSN: 1754-9493) is an open-access, peer-reviewed, PubMed-indexed journal published by BMC/Springer Nature.

Patient Safety in Surgery has an official impact factor of 3.7 (2022).

Patient Safety in Surgery was established in 2007 by the founding editors Philip F. Stahel, MD (East Carolina University, USA) and Pierre-Alain Clavien, MD (University of Zurich, Switzerland). The journal has more than 500,000 article downloads per year. Owing to the open-access paradigm, all published articles can be downloaded free of cost.^[1]

Aims and Scope[edit]

Patient Safety in Surgery publishes peer-reviewed articles on any aspect pertinent to the provision of quality and safety to patients in all surgical subspecialties and perioperative disciplines. The journal provides a scientific platform for healthcare professionals and patient safety advocates to report, discuss, debate, and critically review new innovative approaches towards preventing complications and adverse outcomes of patients undergoing surgical procedures around the globe.

Abstracting and Indexing[edit]

All articles published in Patient Safety in Surgery are included in the following indexing services:

PubMed
PubMed Central
Scopus
ESCI
DOAJ
SOCOLAR
OAlster
Cinahl
Citebase
Zetoc

Highly Cited Articles[edit]

Kirchhoff P, Clavien PA, Hahnloser D. Complications in colorectal surgery: risk factors and preventive strategies. Patient Saf. Surg. 2010, 4:5. doi: 10.1186/1754-9493-4-5. PMID: 20338045.
Anand P, Stahel VP. The safety of Covid-19 mRNA vaccines: a review. Patient Saf. Surg. 2021, 15:20. doi: 10.1186/s13037-021-00291-9. PMID: 33933145.
Abate SM, Mantefardo B, Basu B. Postoperative mortality among surgical patients with Covid-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Patient Saf. Surg. 2020, 14:37. doi: 10.1186/s13037-020-00262-6. PMID: 33062056.
Stahel PF, Mehler PS, Clarke TJ, Varnell J. The 5th anniversary of the "Universal Protocol": pitfalls and pearls revisited. Patient Saf. Surg. 2009, 3:14. doi: 10.1186/1754-9493-3-14. PMID: 19570213.
Weprin S, Crocerossa F, Meyer D, Maddra K, Valancy D, Osardu R, Kang HS, Moore RH, Carbonara U, Kim FJ, Autorino R. Risk factors and preventive strategies for unintentionally retained surgical sharps: a systematic review. Patient Saf. Surg. 2021, 15:24. doi: 10.1186/s13037-021-00297-3. PMID: 34253246.
Stahel PF. How to risk-stratify elective surgery during the Covid-19 pandemic? Patient Saf. Surg. 2020, 14:8. doi: 10.1186/s13037-020-00235-9. PMID: 32288785.
Stahel PF, Weckbach S, Ziran N, Smith WR, Moore EE, Pape HC, Clavien PA. Patient Safety in Surgery: announcing the journal's first impact factor (3.7). Patient Saf. Surg. 2023, 17:22. doi: 10.1186/s13037-023-00375-8. PMID: 37644592

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