Detecting the Interdisciplinary Nature and Topic Hotspots of Robotics in Surgery: Social Network Analysis and Bibliometric Study.

Journal: Journal of medical Internet research
Published Date: Mar 26, 2019

Abstract

BACKGROUND: With the widespread application of a robot to surgery, growing literature related to robotics in surgery (RS) documents widespread concerns from scientific researchers worldwide. Although such application is helpful to considerably improve the accuracy of surgery, we still lack the understanding of the multidiscipline-crossing status and topic distribution related to RS.

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  • Lining Shen
    School of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China.
  • Shimin Wang
    School of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China.
  • Wei Dai
    Department of Intensive Care Unit, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi Medical College, Shangrao, Jiangxi, China.
  • Zhiguo Zhang
    School of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China.

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