Department of Orthopedics, Huludao Central Hospital, Huludao, China.
Institute of Orthopedics, Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, China; Department of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, China.
Ann Palliat Med. 2021 Dec;10(12):12575-12588. doi: 10.21037/apm-21-3548.
Osteoarthritis is a common disease among middle-aged and older adults. The arthroscopic approach is among the less traumatic of the treatments and provides quicker recovery. The purpose of this study was to use bibliometrics analysis to clarify the current status and existing problems in the research of the arthroscopic treatment of osteoarthritis.
The Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-E) database in the Web of Science Core Collection (WOSCC) was used as the data source for the literature search. The search terms were "osteoarthritis" and "arthroscopy", with the intersection of the search results of these 2 search terms being used. CiteSpace software used to analyze the final results of the search in the following aspects: annual publication, subject distribution, country/institution distribution, journal distribution, author distribution, and keyword usage. Finally, burst detection was applied to analyze the annual use trend of the keywords.
A total of 2,738 document records were retrieved, and the frequency of citations was 82,932 times. The number of publications and the number of citations showed an obvious annual increasing trend. The country with the highest number of publications and centrality was the United States of America, and most important research institutions were from the United States. Extensive cooperation between countries and institutions was evident. The important journals in this field were mainly professional journals of orthopedics and joints. Keyword analysis showed that early research mainly focused on the technical operation of arthroscopic treatment of osteoarthritis, while the focus in recent years has been on long-term prognosis and risk prediction.
The application of arthroscopy in the treatment for osteoarthritis should be further explored, especially for large joints other than hip and knee joints.
骨关节炎是中老年人常见的疾病。关节镜方法是治疗方法中创伤较小的一种，可以更快地恢复。本研究的目的是使用文献计量学分析来阐明关节镜治疗骨关节炎研究的现状和存在的问题。
以 Web of Science 核心合集（WOSCC）中的科学引文索引扩展（SCI-E）数据库为文献检索数据源。检索词为“骨关节炎”和“关节镜”，取这 2 个检索词的检索结果的交集。使用 CiteSpace 软件对检索结果的以下方面进行分析：年度出版物、主题分布、国家/机构分布、期刊分布、作者分布和关键词使用情况。最后，对关键词的年度使用趋势进行突发检测分析。
共检索到 2738 篇文献记录，被引频次为 82932 次。出版物数量和被引频次呈明显的逐年增长趋势。发文量最高和中心度最高的国家是美利坚合众国，最重要的研究机构来自美国。各国和各机构之间广泛合作。该领域的重要期刊主要是骨科和关节专业期刊。关键词分析表明，早期研究主要集中在关节镜治疗骨关节炎的技术操作上，而近年来的重点则是长期预后和风险预测。
关节镜在骨关节炎治疗中的应用有待进一步探索，特别是在髋关节和膝关节以外的大关节。
