A Bibliometric Analysis on Application of Robot-Assisted Surgery in Plastic Surgery

Abstract

Background: In recent years, robot-assisted surgery has been a major advancement in surgery and has gradually become the preferred approach. The precise operation, minimal invasiveness, and the ability to perform the preoperative planning are its characteristics. Due to the continuous improvements in plastic surgery technology over the past few decades, more researchers are trying to integrate robotic technology into plastic surgery.

Purpose: This bibliometric study aims to quantatitively evaluate the published literature on the topic of robot-assisted plastic surgery indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection and provide a unique insight for subsequent researches in this field.

Research Design and Sample: This time of bibliomteric analysis utilized data obtained fron the online database mentioned above and subsequent data analysis and visulization was abcieved by the R software. Totally 208 publications were enrolled after screening.

Data Collection and Analysis: Further analysis on authors, sources, affiliations, trend topics, co-citation, keywords and thematic map was conducted on the bibliometric package.

Results: The analysis mentioned above elucidates that the application of robot-assisted surgery in plastic surgery is prospering with a potential direction of “flap” and “breast reconstrction”.

Conclusion: The development robot-assisted surgery encountered a continous surge in roughly a decade ago and will iterating with a promising future.