Use of nerve conduits for peripheral nerve injury repair: A Web of Science-based literature analysis.

作者：Jinniang Nan, Xuguang Hu, Hongxiu Li, Xiaonong Zhang, Renjing Piao · 发表于：PubMed · 年份：2012 · DOI：10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2012.35.011 · 被引用次数：4 · 研究领域：Nerve injury and regeneration、Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation、Facial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research

OBJECTIVE: To identify global research trends in the use of nerve conduits for peripheral nerve injury repair. DATA RETRIEVAL: Numerous basic and clinical studies on nerve conduits for peripheral nerve injury repair were performed between 2002-2011. We performed a bibliometric analysis of the institutions, authors, and hot topics in the field, from the Web of Science, using the key words peripheral nerve and conduit or tube. INCLUSION CRITERIA: peer-reviewed published articles on nerve conduits for peripheral nerve injury repair, indexed in the Web of Science; original research articles, reviews, meeting abstracts, proceedings papers, book chapters, editorial material, and news items. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: articles requiring manual searching or telephone access; documents not published in the public domain; and several corrected papers. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: (a) Annual publication output; (b) publication type; (c) publication by research field; (d) publication by journal; (e) publication by funding agency; (f) publication by author; (g) publication by country and institution; (h) publications by institution in China; (i) most-cited papers. RESULTS: A total of 793 publications on the use of nerve conduits for peripheral nerve injury repair were retrieved from the Web of Science between 2002-2011. The number of publications gradually increased over the 10-year study period. Articles constituted the main type of publication. The most prolific journals were Biomaterials, Microsurg...