ArticleMedicine2021
A bibliometric analysis of research on the treatment of facial nerve palsy.
Article in Medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Bibliometric analysis of studies on the treatment of hemifacial spasm.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Pooled it
- Hydrogen therapy and cardiovascular diseases: a visualization analysis of research hotspots and application prospects.Medical gas research · 2027Review
- Effectiveness and safety of thread embedding acupuncture for facial nerve palsy sequelae: a protocol for a multicenter, assessor-blinded, randomized, controlled clinical trial.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Objective assessment of cognitive fatigue: a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Review
- Biofuels and Nanocatalysts: Python Boosting Visualization of Similarities.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere are various treatments for facial nerve palsy, and research into this topic is ongoing. In the present study, we carried out bibliometric and visualized analyses to identify the trends of research into facial nerve palsy treatment.
methodsTo identify articles, the SCOPUS database was searched for articles published from its inception to December 27, 2020. The search was conducted twice, with Search 1 investigating general treatment trends and Search 2 narrowing the scope to complementary and alternative treatment. The extracted keywords were analyzed using the Visualization Of Similarities (VOS) viewer. Through analysis of keywords, research hotspots in the treatment of facial nerve palsy were identified.
resultsA total of 1609 and 223 articles were identified in Searches 1 and 2, respectively. The number of articles published each year showed a tendency to increase, and most of the studies were only conducted in a few countries. In terms of subject area, "medicine" was overwhelmingly the most common(77.6%). Based on the analysis of 316 keywords in Search1, "medication treatment," and "complementary and alternative treatment" were the hotspots of research.
conclusionThis study provides the overall trends of facial nerve palsy treatment. To date, research on medication treatment has been main focus, and antiviral use among medication treatment and complementary and alternative treatment has emerged in recent years.
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