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Bibliometric Analysis

Bibliometric Analysis of Thromboprophylaxis in Orthopaedic Surgery

Endorsed by: Dr. Kaushal Malhan, Joint Replacement Surgeon, Mulund

Bibliometric analysis – background

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is amongst the most common adverse events following
orthopaedic surgery. Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) reportedly has an incidence of 60% in major
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orthopaedic surgery. Mortality associated with DVT and pulmonary embolism (PE) is 6% and 12%,
respectively. 2

Prevention and management of VTE in orthopaedic surgery has been a continuously evolving topic. A
large volume of complex medical literature is available surrounding VTE in orthopaedic surgery.

Bibliometric analysis depicts shifts in the patterns of published articles over time, and helps
researchers in evaluating the most influential articles and informed decision-making. There has not
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yet been an analysis of the body of literature of DVT prophylaxis in orthopaedic surgery. As DVT
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prophylaxis is a major component of both orthopaedic surgery considerations and research, a

bibliometric analysis in this area may prove beneficial in understanding the research done till date, and
supporting future research efforts. 4

The primary aim of the present study was to identify the top cited publications and to objectively
analyze the most influential articles based on thromboembolism in orthopaedic surgery. This
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information might be useful for surgeons, educators, and researchers to appreciate historic and
current literature regarding DVT in orthopaedic surgery. 4

How is this done?

A comprehensive article search was conducted Date of publication
using Boolean search in the Web of Science Total citation count

(WoS) database from the Institute of Scientific
Overall citation rate (overall number of
Information (ISI).
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citations/years since publication)

Following articles were selectively included: Current citation rate (citations since

peer-reviewed articles, systematic reviews, or 2013/years since publication)
editorials. The search results were refined by Lead author

number of citations and the most prolific articles
Country of publication
were selected for analysis. 4
Level of evidence (LOE)

From the final compiled lists of most cited Topic category

articles the following data was extracted :
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