Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2023 Feb 10;102(6):e32967. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000032967.
Post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) is one of the most painful diseases, which has made it a major concern for pain physicians. We aimed to quantitatively analyze the research outputs of studies on PHN published over the past 30 years using bibliometric analysis. We also aimed to analyze the research outputs of studies on interventional treatments for PHN and evaluate the academic achievements of Korean pain physicians. Bibliometric analysis was performed by searching the Web of Science database for PHN-related articles published between 1991 and 2020. Publication number, year, source, country, institution, and citation-related information were retrieved from the database. We also quantitatively analyzed publications related to interventional treatments for PHN. A total of 3285 publications were extracted from the database; 101 (3.1%) of the articles were published by South Korean authors, making South Korea the 11th in the order of countries that published the most articles. There were 185 articles on the effects of interventional treatments for PHN. South Korean authors published 30 (16.2%) articles out of these, making South Korea the 3rd in the order of countries that published the most articles on the effects of interventional treatment for PHN. Our results showed an increasing trend in the number of PHN-related publications and the academic achievements of Korean pain physicians in this field over the past 3 decades. However, the proportion of studies on interventional treatments is relatively small. Korean pain physicians need to establish academic evidence on interventional treatment to expand their role in this field and improve the outcomes of PHN patients.
带状疱疹后神经痛 (PHN) 是最痛苦的疾病之一，这使其成为疼痛医师关注的主要问题。我们旨在使用文献计量学分析定量分析过去 30 年来发表的关于 PHN 的研究成果。我们还旨在分析介入性治疗 PHN 的研究成果，并评估韩国疼痛医师的学术成就。文献计量学分析是通过在 Web of Science 数据库中搜索 1991 年至 2020 年间发表的与 PHN 相关的文章来进行的。从数据库中检索出版物数量、年份、来源、国家、机构和引文相关信息。我们还对介入性治疗 PHN 的相关出版物进行了定量分析。从数据库中提取了 3285 篇出版物；其中 101 篇（3.1%）的文章由韩国作者发表，使韩国在发表文章最多的国家中排名第 11 位。有 185 篇关于介入性治疗 PHN 效果的文章。这些文章中有 30 篇（16.2%）是由韩国作者发表的，使韩国在介入性治疗 PHN 效果的文章发表最多的国家中排名第 3 位。我们的研究结果表明，在过去的 30 年中，与 PHN 相关的出版物数量以及韩国疼痛医师在该领域的学术成就呈上升趋势。然而，介入治疗研究的比例相对较小。韩国疼痛医师需要在介入治疗方面建立学术证据，以扩大他们在该领域的作用，并改善 PHN 患者的结局。
