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. 2021 Jan 23:16:157-167.
doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2020.12.015. eCollection 2021 May.

Thromboprophylaxis across orthopaedic surgery: Bibliometric analysis of the most cited articles

Anil Sedani  1 , Ramakanth Yakkanti  2 , Paul Allegra  2 , Lavi Mattingly  1 , Amiethab Aiyer  2
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Thromboprophylaxis across orthopaedic surgery: Bibliometric analysis of the most cited articles

Anil Sedani et al. J Clin Orthop Trauma. .

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    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2021 Aug 5;21:101560. doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2021.101560. eCollection 2021 Oct. J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2021. PMID: 34414073 Free PMC article.

Abstract

Purpose: One of the most common adverse events after orthopaedic surgery, with a potential for subsequent serious morbidity and mortality is venous thromboembolism (VTE). Bibliometric analysis has been performed regarding many topics and across orthopaedics. As DVT prophylaxis is a major component of both orthopaedic surgery considerations and research, a bibliometric analysis in this area would prove beneficial in not only in understanding the research done in the field thus far, but would also direct future research efforts.

Methods: The Web of Science (WoS) database from the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) was used to compile articles for bibliometric analysis using Boolean search: ((Orthopaedic∗ OR Orthopaedic∗) AND (thromboprophylaxis OR Thromboembolism OR Deep vein thrombosis OR thrombus OR embolism OR anticoagulation OR Embolus OR prophylaxis)).

Results: The Top 100 cited articles included in the final list generated a total of 21,099 citations. The highest cited article was Prevention of venous thromboembolism by Geerts et al. published in Chest, which had a total of 2802 on WoS, and a calculated citation density of 215.54 of citations/years since publication. Comparing the overall citation against the year of publication there was a slight positive trend favoring more recent publications (R-value: 0.142; adjusted R-squared: 0.01; p = 0.16). Analysis of an articles Level of Evidence (LOE), 17 were grade with a level of I.

Conclusions: Orthopaedic thromboprophylaxis is an ever-changing field that is at the forefront of orthopaedic literature. The significant trend favoring high quality research within orthopaedic thromboprophylaxis demonstrates the importance of this topic and there was a need for a guide to best understand the evolution of DVT prophylaxis.

Keywords: Anticoagulation; Bibliometric analysis; Deep vein thrombosis; Pulmonary embolism; Venous thromboprophylaxis.

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PRISMA-style flow diagram of inclusion and exclusion criterion.
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Visualization of Similarities (VoS) analysis of Keywords (2A) and Journals relative to number of citations (2B).
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Linear regression analysis of Overall and Current Citation Rates.
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Characteristics of the top 100 most cited articles.
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