Gohel Paulomi, Patel Kevin P, Lavadi Raj Swaroop, Fields Daryl P, Agarwal Nitin, Alan Nima
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
J Craniovertebr Junction Spine. 2023 Apr-Jun;14(2):127-136. doi: 10.4103/jcvjs.jcvjs_30_23. Epub 2023 Jun 13.
Lateral anterior column release (ACR) is a minimally invasive option for the correction of sagittal plane deformity. To assemble a homogeneous picture of published research on ACR, an advanced bibliometric analysis was conducted to compile the top-ten most-cited articles on the topic of ACR.
A keyword search using the Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge was conducted to identify articles discussing the role of lateral ACR. The articles were then ranked based on the total number of citations to identify the ten most-cited articles published. A subjective appraisal of the findings of these articles was conducted to provide a ranked literature review and to examine trends in the study of ACR between 2012 and 2019.
The earliest published article on ACR was in 2012 by Deukmedjian . Three articles were biomechanical assessments of ACR, and seven articles were on outcome analyses, which were either case series or case controlled. The most-cited article was a biomechanical study authored by Uribe . The article with the highest rate of citations/year was authored by Manwaring . Uribe and the Journal were the most frequently cited author and journal, respectively.
The lateral ACR approach has enjoyed significant scholarly attention since its advent. Higher-level analyses with robust control groups, larger sample sizes, and long-term follow-up are necessary to improve our understanding of this approach.
外侧前柱松解术（ACR）是矫正矢状面畸形的一种微创选择。为了全面了解已发表的关于ACR的研究情况，我们进行了一项先进的文献计量分析，以汇编该主题被引用次数最多的前十篇文章。
使用汤森路透的Web of Knowledge进行关键词搜索，以识别讨论外侧ACR作用的文章。然后根据总被引用次数对文章进行排名，以确定已发表的被引用次数最多的十篇文章。对这些文章的研究结果进行主观评估，以提供一份排名文献综述，并研究2012年至2019年期间ACR研究的趋势。
关于ACR最早发表的文章是2012年由Deukmedjian撰写的。其中三篇文章是关于ACR的生物力学评估，七篇文章是关于结果分析，包括病例系列或病例对照研究。被引用次数最多的文章是由Uribe撰写的一项生物力学研究。每年被引用率最高的文章是由Manwaring撰写的。Uribe和该期刊分别是被引用最频繁的作者和期刊。
自外侧ACR方法出现以来，它受到了学术界的广泛关注。需要进行更高水平的分析，设置有力的对照组、更大的样本量和长期随访，以增进我们对这种方法的理解。
