Hrvoje Barić, Sara Komljenović, Sergio Garcia Garcia, Mika Niemelä
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Abstract
Background: Skull-base surgery, including skull-base meningiomas (SBMs), is among the most challenging medical fields which has witnessed leaps in advancement, owing to ever evolving technological and scientific progress. We performed a comprehensive bibliometric analysis and analysis of clinical reports on SBMs to describe the evolution and identify trends and relationships between basic and applied research in the field.
Methods: The study was a qualitative and quantitative bibliometric analysis of SBM research and review of SBM clinical series via a systematic search of the Web of Science for SBM topics and SBM case series. Quantitative analysis included the most cited publications, most productive authors, most cited journals, and number of publications per country. Keyword co-occurrence and co-authorship maps were produced to visualize research hotspots. Data output from the visualization analysis was analyzed qualitatively to identify themes within separate clusters and delineate evolution of clusters across time. Publications were screened to extract clinical reports of at least ten SBM cases to analyze year, type of treatment, country, and sample size in order to use the data to investigate the lag period between research and clinical adaptation of individual treatment modalities.
Results: We identified 3258 publications and 451 series reporting on 33559 cases of SBMs. The United States of America is the leading country in publications and reported number of SBM cases. The most productive authors are active neurosurgeons in their 40s, or older. Among the top cited publications, most are related to endoscopic surgery, followed by research on genomics. Open surgery is the most common treatment modality being reported for SBM cases, however it's prevalence has been on the decrease as more recently there has been a substantial increase in other types of treatment.
Conclusions: Complexity of the field is reflected in the delayed age of peak scientific productivity. Over the past fifty years the SBM research has undergone a rapid expansion and can currently be seen as developing in four separate areas and the efforts are being led by three broadly collaborating research groups. The research-to-clinical routine lag of less than ten years speaks of the dynamic nature of SBM research and treatment.
背景：颅底外科，包括颅底脑膜瘤（SBMs），是最具挑战性的医学领域之一，由于不断发展的技术和科学进步，它见证了进步的飞跃。我们对SBMs的临床报告进行了全面的文献计量分析和分析，以描述该领域的发展，并确定该领域基础研究和应用研究之间的趋势和关系。方法：本研究通过系统地检索Web of Science上的SBM主题和SBM病例系列，对SBM研究进行定性和定量文献计量学分析，并对SBM临床系列进行综述。定量分析包括被引用次数最多的出版物、最多产的作者、被引用次数最多的期刊和每个国家的出版物数量。制作关键词共现图和合著图，可视化研究热点。对可视化分析的数据输出进行定性分析，以确定单独集群中的主题，并描绘集群随时间的演变。对出版物进行筛选，提取至少10例SBM病例的临床报告，分析年份、治疗类型、国家和样本量，以便利用这些数据调查研究与个体治疗方式临床适应之间的滞后期。结果：我们确定了3258篇出版物和451篇系列报道33559例SBMs。在出版物和报告的性脑膜炎病例数量方面，美利坚合众国是领先的国家。最多产的作者是40多岁或更老的活跃神经外科医生。在被引用最多的出版物中，大多数与内窥镜手术有关，其次是基因组学研究。开放手术是SBM病例中最常见的治疗方式，然而，随着最近其他类型治疗的大幅增加，它的患病率一直在下降。结论：该领域的复杂性体现在科学生产力高峰年龄的延迟上。在过去的50年里，SBM研究经历了快速的扩展，目前可以看作是在四个不同的领域发展，这些努力由三个广泛合作的研究小组领导。从研究到临床的常规滞后不到十年，说明了SBM研究和治疗的动态性。
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Neurochirurgie publishes articles on treatment, teaching and research, neurosurgery training and the professional aspects of our discipline, and also the history and progress of neurosurgery. It focuses on pathologies of the head, spine and central and peripheral nervous systems and their vascularization. All aspects of the specialty are dealt with: trauma, tumor, degenerative disease, infection, vascular pathology, and radiosurgery, and pediatrics. Transversal studies are also welcome: neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neurology, neuropediatrics, psychiatry, neuropsychology, physical medicine and neurologic rehabilitation, neuro-anesthesia, neurologic intensive care, neuroradiology, functional exploration, neuropathology, neuro-ophthalmology, otoneurology, maxillofacial surgery, neuro-endocrinology and spine surgery. Technical and methodological aspects are also taken onboard: diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, methods for assessing results, epidemiology, surgical, interventional and radiological techniques, simulations and pathophysiological hypotheses, and educational tools. The editorial board may refuse submissions that fail to meet the journal''s aims and scope; such studies will not be peer-reviewed, and the editor in chief will promptly inform the corresponding author, so as not to delay submission to a more suitable journal.
With a view to attracting an international audience of both readers and writers, Neurochirurgie especially welcomes articles in English, and gives priority to original studies. Other kinds of article - reviews, case reports, technical notes and meta-analyses - are equally published.
Every year, a special edition is dedicated to the topic selected by the French Society of Neurosurgery for its annual report.
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