What Are the Research Highlights of Periprosthetic Joint Infections From the 100 Most Cited Studies?

IF 1.5 Q3 ORTHOPEDICS

Arthroplasty Today Pub Date : 2024-11-05 DOI:10.1016/j.artd.2024.101564

Marcos R. Gonzalez MD , Jose I. Acosta BS , Joshua Davis BS , Felipe Larios MD , Adam S. Olsen MD , Antonia F. Chen MD, MBA

{"title":"What Are the Research Highlights of Periprosthetic Joint Infections From the 100 Most Cited Studies?","authors":"Marcos R. Gonzalez MD , Jose I. Acosta BS , Joshua Davis BS , Felipe Larios MD , Adam S. Olsen MD , Antonia F. Chen MD, MBA","doi":"10.1016/j.artd.2024.101564","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs) are a serious complication after total joint arthroplasty. Our study aimed to analyze the characteristics and research highlights of the top 100 most cited studies on PJI from an orthopaedic standpoint. Moreover, we sought to assess whether there has been a change in the level of evidence (LOE) throughout time.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We conducted a search of the PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science databases to identify the top 100 studies primarily focusing on PJI. Study characteristics assessed included publication year, LOE, journal of publication, and type of study. Research highlights of the included studies were classified into 6 sections. Linear regression was employed to assess correlation between LOE and publication year.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The aggregated citation count of all studies was 19,558 and the median citation number was 129.5. While cohort studies were the most prevalent, articles focusing on analysis of costs associated with PJI care or PJI definition garnered the highest yearly citation counts. The bulk of included studies were concentrated in 3 orthopaedic journals and published in the 2010s. The majority of studies had a LOE II (30%) or III (34%). On regression analysis, LOE was not correlated with publication year (Pearson’s <em>r</em> = 0.013, <em>P</em> = .61).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The most cited PJI articles assessed the definition of PJI and PJI cost. Despite growing interest in PJI, the majority of studies had LOE II or III, highlighting the difficulty of conducting prospective randomized controlled trials in PJI patients.</div></div><div><h3>Level of evidence</h3><div>IV.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":37940,"journal":{"name":"Arthroplasty Today","volume":"30 ","pages":"Article 101564"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Arthroplasty Today","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344124002498","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ORTHOPEDICS","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Background

Periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs) are a serious complication after total joint arthroplasty. Our study aimed to analyze the characteristics and research highlights of the top 100 most cited studies on PJI from an orthopaedic standpoint. Moreover, we sought to assess whether there has been a change in the level of evidence (LOE) throughout time.

Methods

We conducted a search of the PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science databases to identify the top 100 studies primarily focusing on PJI. Study characteristics assessed included publication year, LOE, journal of publication, and type of study. Research highlights of the included studies were classified into 6 sections. Linear regression was employed to assess correlation between LOE and publication year.

Results

The aggregated citation count of all studies was 19,558 and the median citation number was 129.5. While cohort studies were the most prevalent, articles focusing on analysis of costs associated with PJI care or PJI definition garnered the highest yearly citation counts. The bulk of included studies were concentrated in 3 orthopaedic journals and published in the 2010s. The majority of studies had a LOE II (30%) or III (34%). On regression analysis, LOE was not correlated with publication year (Pearson’s r = 0.013, P = .61).

Conclusions

The most cited PJI articles assessed the definition of PJI and PJI cost. Despite growing interest in PJI, the majority of studies had LOE II or III, highlighting the difficulty of conducting prospective randomized controlled trials in PJI patients.

Level of evidence

IV.

查看原文本刊更多论文

被引用次数最多的 100 项研究中有哪些关于假体周围关节感染的研究亮点？

背景人工关节感染（PJI）是全关节成形术后的一种严重并发症。我们的研究旨在从骨科角度分析被引用次数最多的前 100 篇有关 PJI 的研究的特点和研究亮点。方法我们对PubMed、Embase和Web of Science数据库进行了检索，以确定主要关注PJI的前100项研究。评估的研究特征包括发表年份、LOE、发表期刊和研究类型。纳入研究的研究重点分为 6 个部分。结果所有研究的总引用次数为 19,558 次，中位引用次数为 129.5 次。虽然队列研究最为普遍，但侧重于分析与 PJI 护理相关的成本或 PJI 定义的文章每年获得的引用次数最高。大部分纳入的研究集中在 3 种骨科期刊上，发表于 2010 年代。大多数研究的LOE为II（30%）或III（34%）。在回归分析中，LOE与发表年份无关（Pearson's r = 0.013，P = .61）。结论被引用最多的PJI文章评估了PJI的定义和PJI成本。尽管人们对PJI的兴趣与日俱增，但大多数研究的LOE为II或III，这凸显了对PJI患者进行前瞻性随机对照试验的难度。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Arthroplasty Today Medicine-Surgery

CiteScore

2.90

自引率

0.00%

发文量

258

审稿时长

40 weeks

期刊介绍： Arthroplasty Today is a companion journal to the Journal of Arthroplasty. The journal Arthroplasty Today brings together the clinical and scientific foundations for joint replacement of the hip and knee in an open-access, online format. Arthroplasty Today solicits manuscripts of the highest quality from all areas of scientific endeavor that relate to joint replacement or the treatment of its complications, including those dealing with patient outcomes, economic and policy issues, prosthetic design, biomechanics, biomaterials, and biologic response to arthroplasty. The journal focuses on case reports. It is the purpose of Arthroplasty Today to present material to practicing orthopaedic surgeons that will keep them abreast of developments in the field, prove useful in the care of patients, and aid in understanding the scientific foundation of this subspecialty area of joint replacement. The international members of the Editorial Board provide a worldwide perspective for the journal''s area of interest. Their participation ensures that each issue of Arthroplasty Today provides the reader with timely, peer-reviewed articles of the highest quality.