Brennan C, Laubscher M, Maqungo S, Graham SM. Bibliometric analysis of research on the effects of human immunodeficiency virus in orthopaedic and trauma surgery. World J Orthop 2021; 12(3): 169-177 [PMID: 33816143 DOI: 10.5312/wjo.v12.i3.169]
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Ciaran Brennan, MBChB, Research Fellow, Department of Orthopaedics, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske Truro Cornwall, Truro TR13LQ, United Kingdom. ciaranbrennan@doctors.org.uk
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Orthopedics
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Scientometrics
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World J Orthop. Mar 18, 2021; 12(3): 169-177 Published online Mar 18, 2021. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v12.i3.169
Bibliometric analysis of research on the effects of human immunodeficiency virus in orthopaedic and trauma surgery
Ciaran Brennan, Maritz Laubscher, Sithombo Maqungo, Simon Matthew Graham
Ciaran Brennan, Department of Orthopaedics, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro TR13LQ, United Kingdom
Ciaran Brennan, Maritz Laubscher, Sithombo Maqungo, Simon Matthew Graham, Orthopaedic Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7925, South Africa
Maritz Laubscher, Sithombo Maqungo, Simon Matthew Graham, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town 7925, South Africa
Simon Matthew Graham, Institute of Population Health Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L97AL, United Kingdom
Simon Matthew Graham, Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Liverpool University Teaching Hospitals Trust, Liverpool L97AL, United Kingdom
Simon Matthew Graham, Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool L97AL, United Kingdom
Author contributions: Brennan C did the data collection and analysis, wrote and edited the article; Graham SM did the idea conception, wrote and edited the article; Laubscher M and Maqungo S did the editing of the final article.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflict of interests.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Ciaran Brennan, MBChB, Research Fellow, Department of Orthopaedics, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske Truro Cornwall, Truro TR13LQ, United Kingdom. ciaranbrennan@doctors.org.uk
Received: July 5, 2020 Peer-review started: July 5, 2020 First decision: January 7, 2021 Revised: January 12, 2021 Accepted: February 4, 2021 Article in press: February 4, 2021 Published online: March 18, 2021
Abstract
BACKGROUND
There is little research investigating how human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) affects outcomes in orthopaedic surgery. With advances in treatment, HIV has become a chronic health problem and the chance of orthopaedic surgeons encountering it in clinical practice is increasing.
AIM
To ascertain the quantity and quality of peer-reviewed publications in orthopaedic journals about HIV.
METHODS
A search of the Web of Science database was carried out, identifying any articles relating to HIV published in orthopaedic journals. These were assessed for geographic origin and level of evidence.
RESULTS
Of 48.7% of orthopaedic journals listed on the Web of Science database had published articles relating to HIV. There were 168 articles about HIV in orthopaedic journals with only 40.5% (n = 68) published in the time frame we analysed (January 2007 to September 2017). Very few articles came from low-income countries and any articles published from that setting were collaborations. All of the articles were low level of evidence.
CONCLUSION
There is a need for more high level orthopaedic and trauma research investigating the effects of HIV, particularly research from low-income countries, where higher level research will help to guide improvements in their treatment of its musculoskeletal manifestations and complications.
Core Tip: This paper looks in to the research being carried out in orthopaedic journals regarding human immunodeficiency virus and how it affects outcomes in orthopaedic and trauma surgery. We have shown that there is a significant lack of research in to this subject despite the fact there is a high prevalence of the disease in the setting which has the greatest burden of disease from trauma. Our findings highlight the need for further research to improve outcomes in trauma and orthopaedic surgery in these settings.
