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Review
. 2025 Apr 25:45:76-88.
doi: 10.1016/j.jpra.2025.04.012. eCollection 2025 Sep.

Comprehensive bibliometric and visualized analysis of research on incisional hernia and component separation from 1996 to 2023

Mohamed Maatouk  1 , Imen Maatouk  2 , Ghassen Hamdi Kbir  1 , Ons Hmandi  3   4 , Mariem Nouira  5 , Mohamed Ben Khalifa  6
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Comprehensive bibliometric and visualized analysis of research on incisional hernia and component separation from 1996 to 2023

Mohamed Maatouk et al. JPRAS Open. .

Abstract

Introduction: In parallel with the increasing number of studies published on component separation technique (CST), there are no bibliometric studies on this subject. This study aimed to report previously published literature in CST to identify the research status.

Methods: A search was undertaken for documents published between 1996 and 2023 from the PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus databases, using the keywords "incisional hernia" and "component separation."

Results: A total of 469 publications was found from 121 different journals. The USA was in the leading position in several fields (productive authors, active institutions, and international cooperation).CST was predominantly published in plastic surgery journals; however, after more specialized journals on topics such as Hernia became predominant, dominating the number of publications since 2013. "Transversus Abdominis Release" and "minimally invasive" have been trending keywords in recent years.

Conclusion: Although CST research on incisional hernia repair has witnessed notable growth, publications in plastic surgery journals have declined. We encourage these journals to highlight the critical role of plastic surgery and the importance of collaboration between general and plastic surgeons worldwide, focusing on minimally invasive techniques to establish robust evidence for the standard repair of large abdominal wall defects.

Keywords: Bibliometric analysis; Incisional hernia -Component separation.

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Figures

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Prisma flow diagram.
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Annual scientific production on incisional hernia and component separation (1996-2023).
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Distribution of the number of articles by country.
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Country analysis. a- Network visualization map of co-authorship (International collaboration). The size of the circle represents the scope of international collaboration. b- Overlay visualization map showing the trends of country frequency over time.
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a- Network visualization map of keywords. b- Overlay visualization map shows the trend of high-frequency keywords over time.
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