Characteristics of global publications about wrist arthroscopy: a bibliometric analysis.
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.
Hand Surgery Group, Orthopedic Department, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. carloshfernandes@uol.com.br
Carlos Henrique
CH
Fernandes
Lia Myiamoto
LM
Meirelles
Jorge
J
Raduan Neto
João Baptista Gomes
JB
dos Santos
Flavio
F
Faloppa
Walter Manna
WM
Albertoni
D001182:Arthroscopy; D015706:Bibliometrics; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000601:surgery*