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CHARACTERISTICS OF GLOBAL PUBLICATIONS ABOUT WRIST ARTHROSCOPY: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS

Hand Surgery Group, Orthopedic Department, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Correspondence to: Dr. Carlos Henrique Fernandes, Rua Borges Lagoa 1065, Cj 68/69, São Paulo, SP, CEP 04032-038, Brazil. Tel: (+55) 11-9987-0885, Fax: (+55) 11-5083-0145.

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Lia Myiamoto Meirelles

Hand Surgery Group, Orthopedic Department, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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Jorge Raduan Neto

Hand Surgery Group, Orthopedic Department, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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João Baptista Gomes dos Santos

Hand Surgery Group, Orthopedic Department, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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Flavio Faloppa

Hand Surgery Group, Orthopedic Department, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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Walter Manna Albertoni

Hand Surgery Group, Orthopedic Department, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218810412500232Cited by:10 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

The objective of this study was to provide an assessment of published studies on the wrist arthroscopy. The search was performed from the "Web of Science (WoS) Science Citation Expanded Database" with studies published between January 1, 1990 and March 31, 2011. For research we used the following terms: "Wrist arthroscopy" and "Arthroscopy of the wrist". We located a total of 426 studies about wrist arthroscopic, published in 89 journals over the study period. Of all the publications retrieved (426), original articles were 387 (90.84%), but only two (0.47%) were randomised controlled trials, level 1 of evidence.

This study showed there are a large number of studies on wrist arthroscopy, but the level of methodological evidence is low.

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