• 1. West China School of Nursing, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Orthopedics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
NING Ning, Email: gkningning@126.com
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Objective  To analyze current research status of enhanced recovery after surgery of orthopedics in China, and to provide reference for further development of enhanced recovery after surgery in orthopedics department. Methods  We searched Wanfang database and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) database for articles about enhanced recovery after surgery of orthopedics department which were included by the Chinese Science and Technology Core Journal (2018 version) or Chinese Core Journal criterion of Peking University (2017 version), and bibliometric analysis was performed. Results  A total of 135 articles were included in this study, 49 of which were collected in Chinese Core Journal criterion of Peking University. The amount of articles showed a rising trend in general over last decade. The main research topic was joint diseases (69 articles, 51.11%), followed by traumatic diseases (23 articles, 17.04%) and spinal diseases (21 articles, 15.56%); 35.56% (48 articles) of the articles were supported by different funds; Sichuan Province had the largest number of publications (36 articles) and the largest number of funds so far (8 items); clinical studies accounted for 37.78% (51 articles) with 78.43% (40 articles) randomized controlled trials, in which evaluation indicators focused on function scores, pain, length of hospital stay, complications or adverse reactions, patient satisfaction, and hospitalization costs. Conclusions  The research on enhanced recovery after surgery of orthopedics in China was in a rising stage, and joint replacement was one of the hotspots. The funds are insufficient, and a series of guidelines should be developed according to the evidence-based study to accelerate the enhanced recovery after surgery of orthopedics.

Citation: XIE Jingying, NING Ning, CHEN Jiali, LI Peifang, DUAN Dan. Bibliometric analysis of enhanced recovery after surgery in orthopedics in Chinese core journals. West China Medical Journal, 2019, 34(9): 1017-1021. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201907180 Copy

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