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Karim Alavi

Concepts (246)

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Name Number of Publications Most Recent Publication Publications by All Authors Concept Score Why?
Rectal Neoplasms
22
2025
115
5.730
Why?
Colectomy
13
2021
109
3.640
Why?
Rectum
13
2023
91
2.870
Why?
Colonic Diseases
4
2020
34
2.160
Why?
Transanal Endoscopic Surgery
8
2025
25
2.160
Why?
Patient Readmission
6
2020
425
2.150
Why?
Elective Surgical Procedures
7
2021
115
2.120
Why?
Digestive System Surgical Procedures
10
2021
89
2.080
Why?
Postoperative Complications
17
2025
1278
1.910
Why?
Colorectal Surgery
6
2025
50
1.890
Why?
Colon
6
2021
148
1.750
Why?
Rectal Diseases
3
2020
28
1.680
Why?
Laparoscopy
9
2023
494
1.670
Why?
Colorectal Neoplasms
7
2023
272
1.650
Why?
Analgesics, Opioid
3
2021
537
1.440
Why?
Colonic Neoplasms
5
2023
221
1.400
Why?
Crohn Disease
5
2021
110
1.250
Why?
Diverticulitis
3
2020
31
1.150
Why?
Surgeons
5
2022
181
1.050
Why?
Length of Stay
8
2021
806
0.950
Why?
Pain, Postoperative
3
2021
162
0.920
Why?
Retrospective Studies
22
2024
6618
0.920
Why?
Fecal Incontinence
3
2025
30
0.900
Why?
Humans
68
2025
63535
0.900
Why?
Middle Aged
31
2025
17659
0.900
Why?
Risk Assessment
4
2020
2026
0.890
Why?
Constipation
1
2024
15
0.880
Why?
Patient Discharge
4
2021
503
0.840
Why?
Diverticulitis, Colonic
4
2020
35
0.840
Why?
Male
39
2025
29941
0.810
Why?
Healthcare Disparities
3
2023
365
0.790
Why?
Quality Improvement
6
2019
443
0.770
Why?
Adenocarcinoma
5
2019
349
0.760
Why?
Female
37
2025
32947
0.750
Why?
Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction
1
2021
1
0.720
Why?
Cecal Diseases
1
2021
4
0.720
Why?
Intestinal Volvulus
1
2021
7
0.720
Why?
Sarcopenia
1
2022
24
0.720
Why?
Sigmoid Diseases
1
2021
6
0.720
Why?
Surgical Wound Infection
2
2014
117
0.710
Why?
Rectal Prolapse
2
2019
11
0.710
Why?
Oxycodone
1
2021
30
0.700
Why?
Home Care Services
2
2020
98
0.650
Why?
Drug Prescriptions
1
2021
168
0.640
Why?
Inappropriate Prescribing
1
2021
66
0.640
Why?
Aged
21
2025
14452
0.640
Why?
Colonic Pouches
1
2019
16
0.630
Why?
Proctocolectomy, Restorative
1
2019
19
0.630
Why?
Skilled Nursing Facilities
1
2020
81
0.630
Why?
Drug Utilization
1
2021
209
0.620
Why?
Preoperative Care
2
2020
194
0.610
Why?
Anastomosis, Surgical
5
2023
115
0.610
Why?
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
3
2021
705
0.610
Why?
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
1
2019
20
0.600
Why?
Insurance Coverage
2
2016
99
0.600
Why?
Colitis, Ulcerative
1
2019
75
0.590
Why?
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
1
2019
33
0.590
Why?
Treatment Outcome
16
2025
5627
0.590
Why?
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
2
2016
128
0.590
Why?
Neoplasm Staging
6
2023
518
0.550
Why?
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
2
2015
34
0.540
Why?
Colon, Transverse
1
2017
4
0.530
Why?
Adult
17
2025
16903
0.520
Why?
Hospital Costs
2
2014
125
0.510
Why?
Colostomy
2
2023
24
0.510
Why?
Postoperative Care
1
2017
123
0.510
Why?
United States
14
2025
7837
0.500
Why?
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
3
2020
102
0.470
Why?
Hospitals
1
2018
390
0.470
Why?
Risk Factors
12
2020
5280
0.470
Why?
Patient Safety
1
2017
242
0.450
Why?
Intestinal Diseases
1
2014
36
0.430
Why?
Margins of Excision
4
2024
31
0.430
Why?
Robotic Surgical Procedures
1
2017
160
0.420
Why?
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
3
2024
346
0.400
Why?
Anastomotic Leak
3
2021
35
0.360
Why?
Quality of Life
6
2025
1241
0.350
Why?
Cohort Studies
5
2022
2569
0.330
Why?
Health Status Disparities
1
2011
143
0.320
Why?
Intestinal Obstruction
2
2023
53
0.310
Why?
Internship and Residency
3
2025
805
0.310
Why?
Hospital Mortality
4
2017
864
0.300
Why?
Morbidity
4
2021
111
0.300
Why?
Follow-Up Studies
5
2021
2463
0.290
Why?
Practice Guidelines as Topic
3
2021
721
0.290
Why?
Neoadjuvant Therapy
3
2025
88
0.270
Why?
Time Factors
6
2019
3707
0.260
Why?
Reoperation
2
2021
288
0.260
Why?
Aged, 80 and over
5
2021
5467
0.260
Why?
Societies, Medical
3
2024
378
0.240
Why?
Colonoscopy
4
2020
95
0.240
Why?
Intensive Care Units
2
2020
407
0.230
Why?
Academic Medical Centers
2
2017
314
0.220
Why?
Odds Ratio
2
2020
759
0.220
Why?
Perineum
2
2021
19
0.210
Why?
Mesocolon
1
2023
2
0.210
Why?
Surgical Stomas
1
2023
9
0.210
Why?
Anus Neoplasms
1
2022
25
0.190
Why?
Consumer Health Information
1
2022
36
0.190
Why?
Comorbidity
2
2017
1114
0.190
Why?
Critical Care
2
2016
395
0.190
Why?
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
1
2023
418
0.190
Why?
Prospective Studies
6
2025
3293
0.180
Why?
Digestive System Fistula
1
2021
3
0.180
Why?
Neostigmine
1
2021
3
0.180
Why?
Medical Chaperones
1
2021
3
0.180
Why?
Proportional Hazards Models
1
2023
728
0.180
Why?
Organizational Policy
1
2021
52
0.180
Why?
Cholinesterase Inhibitors
1
2021
47
0.170
Why?
Chronic Disease
1
2024
751
0.170
Why?
Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
1
2021
73
0.170
Why?
Decompression, Surgical
1
2021
69
0.170
Why?
Pelvis
1
2021
59
0.170
Why?
Ileostomy
4
2023
27
0.170
Why?
Patient Selection
3
2018
487
0.160
Why?
Clinical Competence
1
2025
725
0.160
Why?
Constriction, Pathologic
2
2021
126
0.160
Why?
Online Systems
1
2020
20
0.160
Why?
Appendiceal Neoplasms
1
2019
8
0.160
Why?
Severity of Illness Index
2
2015
1553
0.160
Why?
Multivariate Analysis
2
2021
931
0.160
Why?
Ischemia
1
2021
194
0.160
Why?
Acute Disease
1
2021
669
0.160
Why?
Long-Term Care
1
2020
177
0.150
Why?
Surgical Procedures, Operative
1
2020
141
0.150
Why?
Delphi Technique
1
2019
101
0.150
Why?
Lymph Nodes
1
2019
227
0.150
Why?
Universities
1
2019
162
0.140
Why?
Adolescent
3
2022
6261
0.140
Why?
Disease Management
1
2020
232
0.140
Why?
Prognosis
2
2014
1743
0.140
Why?
Education, Medical, Graduate
2
2020
349
0.140
Why?
Inpatients
1
2021
303
0.140
Why?
Frailty
1
2020
130
0.140
Why?
Clinical Decision-Making
1
2019
162
0.140
Why?
Self Report
1
2021
382
0.140
Why?
Social Media
1
2020
125
0.140
Why?
General Surgery
1
2020
212
0.130
Why?
Telemedicine
1
2022
331
0.130
Why?
Survival Rate
3
2018
853
0.130
Why?
Diffusion of Innovation
1
2017
61
0.130
Why?
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
1
2020
776
0.130
Why?
Intestine, Small
1
2016
80
0.120
Why?
Checklist
1
2016
73
0.120
Why?
Hospitals, High-Volume
1
2016
33
0.120
Why?
Total Quality Management
1
2015
56
0.120
Why?
Quality of Health Care
1
2019
519
0.120
Why?
Dextrans
1
2015
45
0.120
Why?
Electric Stimulation Therapy
1
2015
27
0.120
Why?
Databases, Factual
2
2016
847
0.120
Why?
Prostheses and Implants
1
2015
70
0.110
Why?
Physical Examination
1
2015
111
0.110
Why?
Surveys and Questionnaires
4
2025
2703
0.110
Why?
Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological
2
2025
27
0.110
Why?
Efficiency, Organizational
1
2015
96
0.110
Why?
Intestines
1
2016
165
0.110
Why?
Chemoradiotherapy, Adjuvant
1
2014
10
0.110
Why?
Hyaluronic Acid
1
2015
67
0.110
Why?
Colonoscopes
1
2014
3
0.110
Why?
Lenses
1
2014
9
0.110
Why?
Terahertz Imaging
1
2014
11
0.110
Why?
Surface Plasmon Resonance
1
2014
34
0.110
Why?
Lasers
1
2014
35
0.110
Why?
Medical Errors
1
2016
195
0.110
Why?
Anal Canal
1
2014
37
0.110
Why?
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
2
2019
1640
0.100
Why?
Costs and Cost Analysis
1
2014
102
0.100
Why?
Cost of Illness
1
2014
161
0.100
Why?
Predictive Value of Tests
2
2020
1090
0.100
Why?
Cost-Benefit Analysis
1
2014
311
0.100
Why?
Image Enhancement
1
2014
192
0.100
Why?
Diet
1
2015
527
0.090
Why?
Defecation
2
2025
17
0.090
Why?
Evidence-Based Medicine
3
2019
460
0.090
Why?
Age Factors
2
2020
1561
0.090
Why?
Colitis
2
2015
77
0.080
Why?
Massachusetts
1
2016
2072
0.080
Why?
Prevalence
1
2014
1383
0.080
Why?
Emergencies
1
2010
120
0.080
Why?
Chi-Square Distribution
1
2010
410
0.080
Why?
Logistic Models
2
2010
1266
0.080
Why?
Quality Assurance, Health Care
1
2011
254
0.080
Why?
Anti-Bacterial Agents
1
2015
790
0.070
Why?
Metabolomics
1
2009
52
0.070
Why?
Hospitalization
1
2016
1358
0.070
Why?
Operative Time
2
2021
91
0.070
Why?
Weight Loss
1
2010
274
0.070
Why?
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
1
2009
294
0.070
Why?
Rectal Fistula
1
2008
21
0.070
Why?
Internet
2
2022
468
0.070
Why?
Young Adult
2
2014
4719
0.060
Why?
Feasibility Studies
2
2021
570
0.060
Why?
Patient Satisfaction
2
2022
435
0.060
Why?
Smoking
1
2010
863
0.060
Why?
Early Detection of Cancer
1
2009
319
0.060
Why?
Reproducibility of Results
2
2022
1664
0.050
Why?
Cross-Sectional Studies
2
2021
2592
0.050
Why?
Search Engine
1
2022
9
0.050
Why?
Bayes Theorem
1
2023
123
0.050
Why?
Syndrome
1
2022
180
0.050
Why?
Personal Satisfaction
1
2022
84
0.050
Why?
Comprehension
1
2022
139
0.040
Why?
Aftercare
1
2021
75
0.040
Why?
Perioperative Period
1
2021
21
0.040
Why?
Preoperative Period
1
2020
67
0.040
Why?
Treatment Failure
1
2021
201
0.040
Why?
Safety
1
2021
145
0.040
Why?
Attitude of Health Personnel
1
2025
604
0.040
Why?
Outpatients
1
2021
138
0.040
Why?
Specialty Boards
1
2020
15
0.040
Why?
Accreditation
1
2020
78
0.040
Why?
Data Accuracy
1
2020
31
0.040
Why?
Terminology as Topic
1
2021
140
0.040
Why?
Stents
1
2023
488
0.040
Why?
Appointments and Schedules
1
2019
60
0.040
Why?
Walking
1
2020
238
0.040
Why?
Pilot Projects
2
2014
1014
0.040
Why?
Abdomen
1
2018
92
0.030
Why?
Needs Assessment
1
2019
202
0.030
Why?
Diagnostic Imaging
1
2020
265
0.030
Why?
Biopsy
2
2009
447
0.030
Why?
Decision Making
1
2019
412
0.030
Why?
Infant, Newborn
1
2020
1363
0.030
Why?
Infant
1
2020
1653
0.030
Why?
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation
1
2015
20
0.030
Why?
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
1
2015
34
0.030
Why?
Child, Preschool
1
2020
1998
0.030
Why?
Bacterial Vaccines
1
2015
78
0.030
Why?
Program Development
1
2015
207
0.030
Why?
Equipment Failure Analysis
1
2014
75
0.030
Why?
Organ Sparing Treatments
1
2014
16
0.030
Why?
Infection Control
1
2015
105
0.030
Why?
Pelvic Floor
1
2013
10
0.030
Why?
Disease-Free Survival
1
2014
244
0.030
Why?
Neoplasm Invasiveness
1
2014
279
0.030
Why?
Equipment Design
1
2014
357
0.020
Why?
Recovery of Function
1
2014
286
0.020
Why?
Intestinal Mucosa
1
2014
242
0.020
Why?
Sensitivity and Specificity
1
2014
1151
0.020
Why?
Emergency Treatment
1
2011
58
0.020
Why?
Child
1
2020
4540
0.020
Why?
Algorithms
1
2013
1004
0.020
Why?
Urogenital Surgical Procedures
1
2008
5
0.020
Why?
Drainage
1
2008
154
0.020
Why?
Precancerous Conditions
1
2006
71
0.010
Why?
Incidence
1
2006
1372
0.010
Why?
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