Bibliometric analysis on perforator flap research literatures based on PubMed / 中华显微外科杂志

ABSTRACT

ObjectiveTo comprehend the progress of perforator flap research and speculate its developmental trends.MethodsPubMed search was conducted to retrieve the papers published before November,2011.Analyze the literatures about perforator flap on years,nationalities,languages,journals and frequencies of the key words by using Endnote 8.0. ResultsAll 1719 literatures about perforator flap have been collected by PubMed till Oct.31,2011.Lots of them,amount to 51.5 percent,were from USA,China,Japan and UK. ConclusionEnglish was the main publishing language.The articles,which were mainly published by the Plast Reconstr Surg and other 10 journals,add up to 78.7％.The research emphases of the perforator flap will be breast reconstruction, repair defect, deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flap, anterolateral thigh flap,thoracodorsal artery flap,perforator flap of gluteal artery,and posterior leg perforator flap.Angiography and 3D-reconstruction,immunohistochemistry,and neovascularization are the new trend in flap research.