Rupra Roshan Singh, Daneshi Kian, Liyanage Dinithi, Ceccaroni Alessandra, Gentile Antonioenrico, Khajuria Ankur
Aesthet Surg J Open Forum. 2024 Jun 10;6:ojae045. doi: 10.1093/asjof/ojae045. eCollection 2024.
Aesthetic breast surgery (ABS) encompasses breast augmentation, breast reduction, mastopexy, and mastopexy augmentation. This topic has seldom been assessed as a bibliometric study. This analysis aims to address this gap and identify trends in ABS literature to guide future research areas. Bibliometrics, the quantitative analysis of publications, particularly scholarly literature, offers valuable insights into research trends and impact.
This analysis aims to address this gap and identify trends in ABS literature to guide future research areas.
The 100 most-cited publications in ABS were identified on Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics, Philadelphia, PA), across all available journal years (from 1953 to 2024). Study details, including the citation count, main content focus, and outcome measures, were extracted and tabulated from each publication. The Oxford Centre for Evidence Based Medicine and levels of evidence (LOE) of each study were assessed.
The 100 most-cited publications in ABS were cited by a total of 11,522 publications. Citations per publication ranged from 46 to 1211 (mean 115.2 ± 135.7), with the highest-cited study being the Pusic BREAST-Q paper ( = 1211). A majority of publications were LOE 4 ( = 30), representative of the large number of case series. The number of publications for LOE 5, 3, 2, and 1 was 12, 28, 21, and 9, respectively. The main content focus was "outcomes" in 52 publications, followed by "nonoperative management" ( = 12) and "surgical technique" ( = 12). Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) were used in 29 publications, and 53 publications reported aesthetic outcome measures.
This analysis highlights that research methodologies in ABS studies should be improved. This necessary improvement would be facilitated by vigorous, high-quality research, and the implementation of validated ABS-specific PROMs enhancing patient satisfaction, particularly in aesthetic procedures, such as BREAST-Q.
美容乳房手术（ABS）包括隆乳术、乳房缩小术、乳房上提术和乳房上提隆乳术。作为一项文献计量学研究，该主题很少被评估。本分析旨在填补这一空白，并确定美容乳房手术文献中的趋势，以指导未来的研究领域。文献计量学是对出版物，尤其是学术文献的定量分析，它能为研究趋势和影响力提供有价值的见解。
本分析旨在填补这一空白，并确定美容乳房手术文献中的趋势，以指导未来的研究领域。
在科学网（科睿唯安公司，宾夕法尼亚州费城）上确定了美容乳房手术领域被引用次数最多的100篇出版物，涵盖所有可用的期刊年份（从1953年到2024年）。从每篇出版物中提取研究细节，包括被引用次数、主要内容重点和结果指标，并制成表格。评估了每项研究的牛津循证医学中心和证据水平（LOE）。
美容乳房手术领域被引用次数最多的100篇出版物总共被11522篇出版物引用。每篇出版物的被引用次数从46次到1211次不等（平均115.2±135.7），被引用次数最多的研究是普西克的BREAST-Q论文（=1211）。大多数出版物的证据水平为4级（=30），代表了大量的病例系列。证据水平为5级、3级、2级和1级的出版物数量分别为12篇、28篇、21篇和9篇。主要内容重点在52篇出版物中是“结果”，其次是“非手术管理”（=12）和“手术技术”（=12）。29篇出版物使用了患者报告的结果指标（PROMs），53篇出版物报告了美学结果指标。
本分析强调美容乳房手术研究中的研究方法应加以改进。积极开展高质量的研究，并实施经过验证的特定于美容乳房手术的患者报告结果指标，将有助于实现这一必要的改进，提高患者满意度，特别是在BREAST-Q等美容手术中。
