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A Bibliometric Analysis of the Role of 3D Technology in Liver Cancer Resection

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Background

Liver cancer resection is an effective but complex way to treat liver cancer, and complex anatomy is one of the reasons for the difficulty of surgery. The use of 3D technology can help surgeons cope with this dilemma. This article intends to conduct a bibliometric analysis of the role of 3D technology in liver cancer resection.

Methods

(TS = (3D) OR TS = (three-dimensional)) AND (TS = (((hepatic) OR (liver)) AND ((cancer) OR (tumor) OR (neoplasm)))) AND (TS = (excision) OR TS = (resection)) was used as a search strategy for data collection in the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection. CiteSpace, Carrot2 and Microsoft Office Excel were used for data analysis.

Results

Three hundred and eighty-eight relevant articles were obtained. Their annual and journal distribution maps were produced. Countries/regions and institutions collaboration, author collaboration, references co-citations and their clusters and keywords co-occurrences and their clusters were constructed. Carrot2 cluster analysis was performed.

Conclusions

There was an overall upward trend in the number of publications. China’s contribution was greater, and the USA had greater influence. Southern Med Univ was the most influential institution. However, the cooperation between institutions still needs to be further strengthened. Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques was the most published journal. Couinaud C and Soyer P were the authors with the highest citations and centrality, respectively. “Liver planning software accurately predicts postoperative liver volume and measures early regeneration” was the most influential article. 3D printing, 3D CT and 3D reconstruction may be the mainstream of current research, and augmented reality (AR) may be a future hot spot.

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Acknowledgements

Thanks to the clustering tools provided by Carrot2 online version. Thanks to WZ-G and Q-Z for their suggestions on the production of figures.

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This study was funded by the Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (2018JJ2612).

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Hou, JX., Deng, Z., Liu, YY. et al. A Bibliometric Analysis of the Role of 3D Technology in Liver Cancer Resection. World J Surg 47, 1548–1561 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-023-06950-5

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