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Trends, Gaps, and Collaboration in Facial Transplantation: A Bibliometric Study
Facial transplantation (FT) has advanced extensively over the past two decades, with over 40 transplants performed to date. Over this time, the FT literature has evolved as well, from early discussions on ethics and feasibility of FT to functional outcomes reports more recently. We aimed to evaluate...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10106208/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37073383 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000004248 |
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author | Hoffman, Alexandra F. Rodriguez Colon, Ricardo Diep, Gustave K. Berman, Zoe P. Kimberly, Laura L. Trilles, Jorge Boczar, Daniel Chaya, Bachar F. Rodriguez, Eduardo D. |
author_facet | Hoffman, Alexandra F. Rodriguez Colon, Ricardo Diep, Gustave K. Berman, Zoe P. Kimberly, Laura L. Trilles, Jorge Boczar, Daniel Chaya, Bachar F. Rodriguez, Eduardo D. |
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description | Facial transplantation (FT) has advanced extensively over the past two decades, with over 40 transplants performed to date. Over this time, the FT literature has evolved as well, from early discussions on ethics and feasibility of FT to functional outcomes reports more recently. We aimed to evaluate the entire body of FT literature to identify trends in publications over time in addition to current existing gaps in the field. METHODS: We conducted a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of the published FT literature from 1994, the first year FT was mentioned in the literature, through July 2020. Co-authorship and keyword information were analyzed using VOSviewer. Articles were manually categorized based on keywords and their aim to provide insight on trends. RESULTS: A total of 2182 articles were identified. Analysis identified the top 50 publishing authors in the field and demonstrated co-authorship linkage between 84.8% of the top 1000 authors. Clinical surgical techniques, protocols, and experiments were the most frequently published category. Within clinical outcomes, immunologic outcomes were most frequent, while psychosocial were the lowest. Gaps were identified in long-term outcomes reporting and patient-reported outcomes, with physician-reported outcomes heavily outweighing patient-reported outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: As the field continues to evolve, rigorous tracking of publication patterns over time will encourage development of a more robust evidence base, identify gaps in the published literature, and highlight opportunities to enhance collaboration in the field. This data will provide surgeons and research institutions with information to further improve this life-changing procedure. |
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spelling | pubmed-101062082023-04-17 Trends, Gaps, and Collaboration in Facial Transplantation: A Bibliometric Study Hoffman, Alexandra F. Rodriguez Colon, Ricardo Diep, Gustave K. Berman, Zoe P. Kimberly, Laura L. Trilles, Jorge Boczar, Daniel Chaya, Bachar F. Rodriguez, Eduardo D. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open Reconstructive Facial transplantation (FT) has advanced extensively over the past two decades, with over 40 transplants performed to date. Over this time, the FT literature has evolved as well, from early discussions on ethics and feasibility of FT to functional outcomes reports more recently. We aimed to evaluate the entire body of FT literature to identify trends in publications over time in addition to current existing gaps in the field. METHODS: We conducted a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of the published FT literature from 1994, the first year FT was mentioned in the literature, through July 2020. Co-authorship and keyword information were analyzed using VOSviewer. Articles were manually categorized based on keywords and their aim to provide insight on trends. RESULTS: A total of 2182 articles were identified. Analysis identified the top 50 publishing authors in the field and demonstrated co-authorship linkage between 84.8% of the top 1000 authors. Clinical surgical techniques, protocols, and experiments were the most frequently published category. Within clinical outcomes, immunologic outcomes were most frequent, while psychosocial were the lowest. Gaps were identified in long-term outcomes reporting and patient-reported outcomes, with physician-reported outcomes heavily outweighing patient-reported outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: As the field continues to evolve, rigorous tracking of publication patterns over time will encourage development of a more robust evidence base, identify gaps in the published literature, and highlight opportunities to enhance collaboration in the field. This data will provide surgeons and research institutions with information to further improve this life-changing procedure. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2022-04-15 /pmc/articles/PMC10106208/ /pubmed/37073383 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000004248 Text en Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. |
spellingShingle | Reconstructive Hoffman, Alexandra F. Rodriguez Colon, Ricardo Diep, Gustave K. Berman, Zoe P. Kimberly, Laura L. Trilles, Jorge Boczar, Daniel Chaya, Bachar F. Rodriguez, Eduardo D. Trends, Gaps, and Collaboration in Facial Transplantation: A Bibliometric Study |
title | Trends, Gaps, and Collaboration in Facial Transplantation: A Bibliometric Study |
title_full | Trends, Gaps, and Collaboration in Facial Transplantation: A Bibliometric Study |
title_fullStr | Trends, Gaps, and Collaboration in Facial Transplantation: A Bibliometric Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Trends, Gaps, and Collaboration in Facial Transplantation: A Bibliometric Study |
title_short | Trends, Gaps, and Collaboration in Facial Transplantation: A Bibliometric Study |
title_sort | trends, gaps, and collaboration in facial transplantation: a bibliometric study |
topic | Reconstructive |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10106208/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37073383 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000004248 |
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