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Pectus Deformity Diagnosis and Treatment

Pectus Deformity Diagnosis and Treatment is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 4.2k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum, particularly through the Nuss procedure. It covers various aspects such as surgical techniques, outcomes, complications, impact on pulmonary and cardiac function, and quality of life. The cluster also delves into anatomical, histologic, and genetic characteristics of chest wall deformities.

  • Nuss Procedure
  • Pectus Excavatum
  • Minimally Invasive Repair
  • Chest Wall Deformities
  • Surgical Correction
  • Complications
  • Pulmonary Function
  • Cardiac Function
  • Quality of Life
  • Anatomical Characteristics
Research works
4.2k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
423
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+15%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
34% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Pectus Deformity Diagnosis and Treatment

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Pectus Deformity Diagnosis and Treatment research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (218 and 93 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 218 works
  2. 2 China 93 works
  3. 3 India 50 works
  4. 4 Japan 49 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 49 works
  6. 6 Italy 49 works
  7. 7 Brazil 38 works
  8. 8 Germany 32 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 31 works
  10. 10 South Korea 29 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 34.1%China: 14.6%India: 7.9%Japan: 7.7%6 others listed: 35.7%34%largest
United States218 · 34.1%China93 · 14.6%India50 · 7.9%Japan49 · 7.7%6 others listed228 · 35.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Pectus Deformity Diagnosis and Treatment research?

By volume in 2022-now, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital publishes the most Pectus Deformity Diagnosis and Treatment research, followed by Mayo Clinic and Catholic University of Korea.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Guangdong Provincial People's HospitalChina 18 works
  2. 2 Mayo ClinicUnited States 14 works
  3. 3 Catholic University of KoreaSouth Korea 7 works
  4. 4 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 7 works
  5. 5 Phoenix Children's HospitalUnited States 6 works
  6. 6 University of CincinnatiUnited States 6 works
  7. 7 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 6 works
  8. 8 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 5 works
  9. 9 National Kyushu Medical CenterJapan 5 works
  10. 10 Northwestern UniversityUnited States 5 works

What are the most cited papers in Pectus Deformity Diagnosis and Treatment?

The most cited paper in Pectus Deformity Diagnosis and Treatment is "A 10-year review of a minimally invasive technique for the correction of pectus excavatum" (Donald L. Nuss, Robert E. Kelly, Daniel P. Croitoru et al., 1998), with 1,291 citations. Next come "Use of CT scans in selection of patients for pectusexcavatum surgery: A preliminary report" (723) and "THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THORACIC INSUFFICIENCY SYNDROME ASSOCIATED WITH FUSED RIBS AND CONGENITAL SCOLIOSIS" (668).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A 10-year review of a minimally invasive technique for the correction of pectus excavatum Donald L. Nuss, Robert E. Kelly, Daniel P. Croitoru et al. · Journal of Pediatric Surgery Apr 1998 1,291
2 Use of CT scans in selection of patients for pectusexcavatum surgery: A preliminary report Julia A. Haller, Sandra Sue Kramer, Steven A. Lietman · Journal of Pediatric Surgery Oct 1987 723
3 THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THORACIC INSUFFICIENCY SYNDROME ASSOCIATED WITH FUSED RIBS AND CONGENITAL SCOLIOSIS Robert M. Campbell, Melvin D. Smith, Thomas C. Mayes et al. · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Mar 2003 668
4 Subclavian artery supply disruption sequence: Hypothesis of a vascular etiology for Poland, Klippel‐Feil, and Möbius anomalies Jan Nico Bouwes Bavinck, David D. Weaver, John M. Opitz et al. · American Journal of Medical Genetics Apr 1986 626
5 The Cardiovascular Aspects of Marfan's Syndrome: A Heritable Disorder of Connective Tissue Victor A. McKusick · Circulation Open access Mar 1955 526
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Where is Pectus Deformity Diagnosis and Treatment research done?

The largest centres of Pectus Deformity Diagnosis and Treatment research in 2022-now are Guangzhou (China), São Paulo (Brazil), Istanbul (Türkiye) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Guangzhou.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 GuangzhouChina 23 works
  2. 2 São PauloBrazil 18 works
  3. 3 IstanbulTürkiye 17 works
  4. 4 SeoulSouth Korea 15 works
  5. 5 RomeItaly 13 works
  6. 6 BeijingChina 11 works
  7. 7 MoscowRussia 11 works
  8. 8 PhoenixUnited States 10 works
  9. 9 New YorkUnited States 10 works
  10. 10 TokyoJapan 9 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GuangzhouCN · 23.4 works2.9×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Pectus Deformity Diagnosis and Treatment than the world average.

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Is Pectus Deformity Diagnosis and Treatment research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Pectus Deformity Diagnosis and Treatment.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Pectus Deformity Diagnosis and Treatment as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0041% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Pectus Deformity Diagnosis and Treatment over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

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Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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