Zhou Lenian, Qiao Yi, Cai Qianying, Jin Hanqiang, Lin Junqing, Shen Jie, Zhu Hongyi
Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine.
Institute of Clinical Research, National Center for Orthopaedics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine.
Int J Surg. 2025 Jan 1;111(1):1503-1507. doi: 10.1097/JS9.0000000000001986.
Human cadaveric tissues are essential for biomechanical research; however, omitting statements regarding the ethical implications remains very common in many recent articles of biomechanics. The authors systematically searched PubMed for research articles published from 2017 to 2022 to identify all relevant studies ( n =1850). Information on the characteristics of the cadaveric specimens and the acquisition of ethical approval was collected. The included articles were categorized as grade A ( n =757), grade B ( n =308), and grade C ( n =785) according to the authors' predetermined criteria. Additionally, the authors analyzed whether the reporting status of ethical approval varied based on publishing year, journals, regions, and research settings. No significant improvement was observed over the study period. Disparities in ethical reporting standards were identified among different regions and journals. This is the first bibliometric analysis that offers an overview of publications in biomechanical research that use human cadaveric samples. It serves as a reference for interested researchers and journal readers to discuss the associated ethical issues.
人体尸体组织对于生物力学研究至关重要；然而，在许多近期的生物力学文章中，省略有关伦理影响的陈述仍然非常普遍。作者系统地在PubMed上搜索了2017年至2022年发表的研究文章，以识别所有相关研究（n = 1850）。收集了关于尸体标本特征和伦理批准获取情况的信息。根据作者预先设定的标准，纳入的文章分为A类（n = 757）、B类（n = 308）和C类（n = 785）。此外，作者分析了伦理批准的报告情况是否因发表年份、期刊、地区和研究环境而有所不同。在研究期间未观察到显著改善。不同地区和期刊之间存在伦理报告标准的差异。这是首次进行的文献计量分析，概述了使用人体尸体样本的生物力学研究中的出版物。它为感兴趣的研究人员和期刊读者讨论相关伦理问题提供了参考。
