Medical and Surgical Research Center, Future Surgeons Chapter, Colombian Surgery Association, Bogotá, Colombia; Epidemiology Program, Department of Graduate Studies in Health Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
Independent Researcher, Lima, Peru.
J Pediatr Surg. 2023 Oct;58(10):2012-2019. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.04.003. Epub 2023 Apr 11.
Pediatric surgery is a developing specialty with increasing volume in Latin America. However, the research and scientific activity trends carried out in this region in recent years are unknown. This study aimed to analyze and visualize Latin American research in pediatric surgery from 2012 to 2021.
Bibliometric cross-sectional study of scientific articles on pediatric surgery published by Latin American authors from 2012 to 2021 in Scopus was performed. Statistical and visual analysis was performed with R programming language and VOS viewer.
449 articles were found. Observational studies (44.7%; n = 201), case reports (20.4%; n = 92) and narrative reviews (11.4%; n = 51) were found to be the most common study designs. The published articles were predominantly monocentric (73.1%; n = 328), only 17% (n = 76) involved authors from 2 or more countries, and mostly there was no collaboration with high-income countries (80.6%; n = 362). The Journal of Pediatric Surgery was the journal with the highest volume of articles published (n = 37). The most used terms were Laparoscopy, Complications, and Liver Transplantation, and the countries with the highest number of articles published were Brazil and Argentina.
This study found a progressive increase in the scientific activity of Latin authors in pediatric surgery from 2012 to 2021. The evidence produced was mainly from observational studies and case reports, predominantly conducted in Brazil. Multinational and international collaboration was low; the most frequent topics of interest were laparoscopy and minimally invasive surgery.
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儿科外科学是一个不断发展的专业，在拉丁美洲的手术量不断增加。然而，近年来该地区开展的研究和科学活动趋势尚不清楚。本研究旨在分析和可视化 2012 年至 2021 年拉丁美洲儿科外科学的研究。
对 2012 年至 2021 年期间在 Scopus 上发表的拉丁美洲作者的儿科外科学科学文章进行了文献计量学的横断面研究。使用 R 编程语言和 Vosviewer 进行了统计和可视化分析。
共发现 449 篇文章。观察性研究（44.7%；n=201）、病例报告（20.4%；n=92）和叙述性综述（11.4%；n=51）是最常见的研究设计。发表的文章主要是单中心（73.1%；n=328），只有 17%（n=76）的文章涉及 2 个或更多国家的作者，且大多与高收入国家没有合作（80.6%；n=362）。《小儿外科学杂志》是发表文章最多的期刊（n=37）。使用最多的术语是腹腔镜、并发症和肝移植，发表文章数量最多的国家是巴西和阿根廷。
本研究发现，2012 年至 2021 年，拉丁美洲作者在儿科外科学领域的科学活动呈渐进式增长。所产生的证据主要来自观察性研究和病例报告，主要在巴西进行。跨国和国际合作较少；最感兴趣的主题是腹腔镜和微创手术。
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