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REVIEW article
Front. Neurol.
Sec. Neuromuscular Disorders and Peripheral Neuropathies
Volume 16 - 2025 |
doi: 10.3389/fneur.2025.1463080
Research trends and hotspots in the surgical treatment of peripheral nerve injuries of the upper limb from 2000 to 2024: a bibliometric visualization study
Provisionally accepted- Ningbo No.6 Hospital, Ningbo, China
Purpose: Surgical treatment plays a crucial role in the management of peripheral nerve injuries of the upper limb, but little bibliometric analysis has been conducted on it. This study was aimed to examine the global trends and hotspots in the field of Peripheral nerve injuries of the upper limb. Methods: Publications on the surgical treatment of peripheral nerve injuries of the upper limb in the Web of Science database were collected between 2000 to 2024. CiteSpace and VOSviewer software was applied to visualize and analyze publications, countries, institutions, journals, authors, references, and keywords. Results: A total of 751 articles were collected, the most active countries in this field were the United States and China. The authors with the most publications were Mackinnon, Susan E from the United States, and Xu WD and Gu YD from China. JOURNAL OF HAND SURGERY AMERICAN VOLUME was the journal with the most published. Based on keywords, the current research hotspots primarily revolved around nerve transfer, brachial plexus and reconstruction.The results of this bibliometric study provide clinical trends and hotspots in the surgical treatment of peripheral nerve injuries of the upper limb over the past 24 years, which may help researchers to identify clinical trends and explore new treatment in the field of peripheral nerve injuries.
Keywords: upper limb 1, peripheral nerve injuries 2, surgery 3, bibliometric analysis 4, CiteSpace 5
Received: 11 Jul 2024; Accepted: 28 Jan 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Xinkun He, Ningbo No.6 Hospital, Ningbo, China
Hong Chen, Ningbo No.6 Hospital, Ningbo, China
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