Nicola Cillara

Publications by Year

Research Areas

Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management, Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments, COVID-19 and healthcare impacts, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies

Most-Cited Works

• → Antibiotic Treatment and Appendectomy for Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis in Adults and Children(2019)265 cited
• → 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(2017)129 cited
• → Physiological parameters for Prognosis in Abdominal Sepsis (PIPAS) Study: a WSES observational study(2019)63 cited
• → 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)(2021)47 cited
• → 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(2016)46 cited
• → Team dynamics in emergency surgery teams: results from a first international survey(2021)46 cited
• → Emergency hernia repair in the elderly: multivariate analysis of morbidity and mortality from an Italian registry(2020)41 cited
• → The Emergency Surgery Frailty Index (EmSFI): development and internal validation of a novel simple bedside risk score for elderly patients undergoing emergency surgery(2020)27 cited
• → Emergency surgery admissions and the COVID-19 pandemic: did the first wave really change our practice? Results of an ACOI/WSES international retrospective cohort audit on 6263 patients(2022)25 cited
• → Laparoscopic appendectomy vs antibiotic therapy for acute appendicitis: a propensity score-matched analysis from a multicenter cohort study(2017)23 cited