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ReviewGlobal spine journal2023

A Bibliometric and Visual Analysis of the Most Cited Articles on Disc Arthroplasty.

Frank A De Stefano, Tyler Warner, Taylor Reardon, Ryan Jarrah, Timothy Mayo, Chibueze S Ezeudu, Brian Fiani

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Review in Global spine journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07482527 (Thoracic Mobility Versus Hip Mobility Exercises to Core Stabilization in Lumbar Spondylitis), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07482527 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Thoracic Mobility Versus Hip Mobility Exercises to Core Stabilization in Lumbar Spondylitis

TypeinterventionalSponsorCairo UniversityRan2026 to 2026Enrolled60ConditionsIndividuals With Lumbar SpondylosisArmsGroup A : Core stabilization exercises (control group), Group B: Thoracic Mobility Exercises (1st experimental group only), Group C: Hip Mobility Exercises (2nd experimental group only)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Frank A De StefanoDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1709-0148
Tyler WarnerDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
Taylor ReardonUniversity of Pikeville-Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine, Pikeville, KY, USA.
Ryan JarrahDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3500-3688
Timothy MayoDepartment of General Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0486-1169
Chibueze S EzeuduTexas A&M College of Medicine, College Station, TX, USA.
Brian FianiDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Cornell Medical Center/New York Presbyterian, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1700-4633

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

STUDY

designBibliometric literature review.

objectiveTotal disc arthroplasty (TDA) is an evolving technique used by surgeons to preserve neural elements and range of motion in patients with degenerative disc disease, spondylosis and more. In comparison to discectomy, disc arthroplasty has been shown to decrease morbidity, reduce adjacent-level disease, and preserve pre-operative range of motion. The objective of this manuscript is to provide a bibliometric analysis of the use of disc arthroplasty in scientific literature and highlight the main contributing authors and their publication characteristics.

methodsThe Scopus database was used to perform a title-specific, keyword-based search for all publications until June 2022. The keyword "total disc arthroplasty" was used. The most-cited 100 articles were selected for analysis. Parameters included the following: title, citation count, citations per year, authors, specialty first author, institution, country of origin, publishing journal, Source Normalized, Impact Per Paper (SNIP), and Hirsch index.

resultsOur search on disc arthroplasty yielded 580 articles that were published, with the first publication on the topic found in 1966. The most cited 100 articles received a total of 8694 citations, with an average of 86.94 citations per article. After assessing countries with the greatest contributions, United States, China, and Germany were top 3 with 54, 14, and 7 articles, respectively.

conclusionThe bibliometric analysis provides an overview of how medical research is analyzed in academic medicine. In the present study, we evaluated the global trends in disc arthroplasty for the treatment of degenerative disc disease.

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bibliometric analysisdisc arthroplastyspine surgery

Identifiers

PMID36734604
PMCPMC10538315

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