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Bibliometric analysis and description of research trends on transforaminal full-endoscopic approach on the spine for the last two-decades

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Objective

The study aims to assess the current development status of transforaminal full-endoscopic spine surgery (TFES) by exploring and analyzing the published literature to obtain an overview of this field and discover the evolution and emerging topics that are underrepresented.

Methods

Using Bibliometrix, CiteSpace, and VOSviewer, we analyzed the bibliometric data selected from the Web of Science Core Collection between January 2002 and November 2022. The descriptive and evaluative analyses of authors, institutes, countries, journals, keywords, and references are compiled. The quantity of research productivity was measured by the number of publications that were published. A quality indicator was thought to be the number of citations. In the bibliometric analysis of authors, areas, institutes, and references, we calculated and ranked the research impact by various metrics, such as the h-index and m-index.

Results

A total of 628 articles were identified in the field of TFES by the 18.73% annual growth rate of research on the subject from 2002 to 2022, constituting the documents are by 1961 authors affiliated with 661 institutions in 42 countries or regions and published in 117 journals. The USA (n = 0.20) has the highest international collaboration rate, South Korea has the highest H-index value (h = 33), and China is ranked as the most productive country (n = 348). Brown univ., Tongji univ., and Wooridul Spine represented the most productive institutes ranked by the number of publications. Wooridul Spine Hospital demonstrated the highest quality of paper publication. The Pain Physician had the highest h-index (n = 18), and the most cited journal with the earliest publication year in the area of FEDS is Spine (t = 1855).

Conclusion

The bibliometric study showed a growing trend of research on transforaminal full-endoscopic spine surgery over the past 20 years. It has shown a significant increase in the number of authors, institutions, and international collaborating countries. South Korea, the United States, and China dominate the related areas. A growing body of evidence has revealed that TFES has leapfrogged from its infancy stage and gradually entered a mature development stage.

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This research is supported by a grant from Korea’s Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute, funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (Grant Number: HC20C0163). The funder had no role in the design of the study or collection, analysis, or interpretation of data or in writing the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 222 Banpo-daero, Seocho-Gu, Seoul, 06591, South Korea

    Yanting Liu, Jung Hoon Kim, Young ** Kim & **-Sung Kim

  2. Department of Orthopedics, Thai Red Cross Society, Queen Savang Vadhana Memorial Hospital, Sriracha, Thailand

    Khanathip Jitpakdee

  3. 2-Latinamerican Endoscopic Spine Surgery Society (LESSS), Hospital Privado de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina

    Facundo Van Isseldyk

  4. Department of Neurosurgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

    Kuo-Tai Chen

  5. Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul Top Spine Hospital, Goyangsi, South Korea

    Kyung-Chul Choi

  6. Department of Spine Surgery, Pohang Woori Hospital, Pohang, Republic of Korea

    Gun Choi

  7. Department of Neurosurgery, Wooridul Spine Hospital, Seoul, South Korea

    Junseok Bae

  8. The Brain and Spine Care, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Group, Hospital H+, Queretaro City, Mexico

    Javier Quillo-Olvera

  9. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hospital Hernán Henríquez Aravena, University of La Frontera, Temuco, Chile

    Cristian Correa

  10. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Cirurgia Minimamente Invasiva E Endoscopia da Coluna, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    Marlon Sudario Silva

  11. Department of Orthopedics, Faculty of Medicine, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand

    Vit Kotheeranurak

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Liu, Y., Jitpakdee, K., Van Isseldyk, F. et al. Bibliometric analysis and description of research trends on transforaminal full-endoscopic approach on the spine for the last two-decades. Eur Spine J 32, 2647–2661 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-023-07661-0

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