Virk Sohrab S, Yu Elizabeth
Department of Orthopedics, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH.
Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2017 Apr 1;42(7):513-519. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000001797.
Bibliometric study of current literature.
To catalog the most important minimally invasive spine (MIS) surgery articles using the amount of citations as a marker of relevance.
MIS surgery is a relatively new tool used by spinal surgeons. There is a dynamic and evolving field of research related to MIS techniques, clinical outcomes, and basic science research. To date, there is no comprehensive review of the most cited articles related to MIS surgery.
A systematic search was performed over three widely used literature databases: Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar. There were four searches performed using the terms "minimally invasive spine surgery," "endoscopic spine surgery," "percutaneous spinal surgery," and "lateral interbody surgery." The amount of citations included was averaged amongst the three databases to rank each article. The query of the three databases was performed in November 2015.
Fifty articles were selected based upon the amount of citations each averaged amongst the three databases. The most cited article was titled "Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion (XLIF): a novel surgical technique for anterior lumbar interbody fusion" by Ozgur et al and was credited with 447, 239, and 279 citations in Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Scopus, respectively. Citations ranged from 27 to 239 for Web of Science, 60 to 279 for Scopus, and 104 to 462 for Google Scholar. There was a large variety of articles written spanning over 14 different topics with the majority dealing with clinical outcomes related to MIS surgery.
The majority of the most cited articles were level III and level IV studies. This is likely due to the relatively recent nature of technological advances in the field. Furthermore level I and level II studies are required in MIS surgery in the years ahead.
当前文献的文献计量学研究。
以引用量作为相关性指标，对最重要的微创脊柱（MIS）手术文章进行编目。
MIS手术是脊柱外科医生使用的一种相对较新的工具。与MIS技术、临床结果和基础科学研究相关的研究领域动态且不断发展。迄今为止，尚无对与MIS手术相关的被引用最多文章的全面综述。
在三个广泛使用的文献数据库（科学网、Scopus和谷歌学术）中进行系统检索。使用“微创脊柱手术”“内镜脊柱手术”“经皮脊柱手术”和“外侧椎间融合术”这几个术语进行了四次检索。将三个数据库中包含的引用量进行平均，以对每篇文章进行排名。对这三个数据库的查询于2015年11月进行。
根据三个数据库中每篇文章的平均引用量，选出了50篇文章。被引用最多的文章是Ozgur等人撰写的《极外侧椎间融合术（XLIF）：一种新型的前路腰椎椎间融合手术技术》，在谷歌学术、科学网和Scopus中的引用量分别为447次、239次和279次。科学网的引用量范围为27至239次，Scopus为60至279次，谷歌学术为104至462次。所撰写的文章涵盖14个不同主题，其中大多数涉及与MIS手术相关的临床结果。
大多数被引用最多的文章为III级和IV级研究。这可能是由于该领域技术进步相对较新的性质。此外，未来几年MIS手术需要I级和II级研究。
5级。
