Ghandour Maher, Klotz Matthias, Horsch Axel
Department of Orthopedics, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Marienkrankenhaus Soest, Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Soest, Germany.
Front Neurol. 2023 Aug 22;14:1200893. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1200893. eCollection 2023.
Little is known about the trends in orthopedic surgical management of cerebral palsy (CP). In this cross-analytical study we examined alterations in research publications in this field in the past 10 years through four databases. Thus, we divided publications into old (2012-2017) and recent (2018-2022). To determine if the focus of research in this field has changed, we compared both periods based on publication's (authors' number, journal, country, design), patients' (number, gender, age, CP type), and surgery-related (indication, number, category, type) characteristics. Publications showed a positive trend over the past 10 years with a peak in 2020. The number of publications was similar between old and recent ones (47.58% vs. 52.42%). Most research outputs were from the United States and Germany. Differences were noted between recent and old publications regarding journals ( = 0.0001), journal category ( = 0.023), authors' number ( = 0.006), and patients' age ( = 0.02). The impact factor was also different ( = 0.0001). However, no differences were noted regarding other characteristics ( > 0.05). The research output regarding surgical orthopedic management in CP has increased in the past decade with no difference between 2012-2017 and 2018-2022. Except for the number of authors, journal name, and patients' age, no significant differences were noted between both periods.
关于脑瘫（CP）骨科手术治疗的趋势，人们了解甚少。在这项交叉分析研究中，我们通过四个数据库检查了该领域过去10年研究出版物的变化。因此，我们将出版物分为旧的（2012 - 2017年）和新的（2018 - 2022年）。为了确定该领域的研究重点是否发生了变化，我们根据出版物的（作者数量、期刊、国家、设计）、患者的（数量、性别、年龄、脑瘫类型）以及手术相关的（适应症、数量、类别、类型）特征对这两个时期进行了比较。过去10年出版物呈上升趋势，在2020年达到峰值。新旧出版物的数量相似（47.58%对52.42%）。大多数研究成果来自美国和德国。在期刊（ = 0.0001）、期刊类别（ = 0.023）、作者数量（ = 0.006）和患者年龄（ = 0.02）方面，新旧出版物存在差异。影响因子也不同（ = 0.0001）。然而，在其他特征方面未发现差异（ > 0.05）。在过去十年中，关于脑瘫骨科手术治疗的研究成果有所增加，2012 - 2017年和2018 - 2022年之间没有差异。除了作者数量、期刊名称和患者年龄外，两个时期之间未发现显著差异。
