Evolution of Inguinal Hernia Publications: A Bibliometric Analysis from 1980 to 2021

25 April 2023: Database Analysis

İbrahim Tayfun Şahiner ^1ABCDEFG* , Çetin Altunal ^2ABCDEFG

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.939613

Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e939613

Table 3 The 78 most frequently used keywords in articles on inguinal hernia.

Keywords	Number of uses	Keywords	Number of uses	Keywords	Number of uses
Inguinal hernia	1795	Hiatal hernia	94	Ultrasonography	43
Laparoscopy	652	Lichtenstein	91	Fundoplication	41
Hernia	642	Mesh repair	91	Recurrent inguinal hernia	41
Mesh	322	Surgical mesh	81	Local anesthesia	40
Hernia repair	286	Outcomes	76	Prostatectomy	40
Incisional hernia	275	Paraesophageal hernia	76	Risk factors	40
Ventral hernia	275	Postoperative pain	73	IPOM	39
Recurrence	273	Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair	70	Recurrent hernia	39
Inguinal hernia repair	223	Mesh fixation	69	Ultrasound	39
TAPP	204	Hernioplasty	67	Hernia, inguinal	37
Laparoscopic	178	Umbilical hernia	67	Abdominal wall reconstruction	35
TEP	166	Pediatric	64	Biologic mesh	35
Femoral hernia	145	Repair	63	Elderly	35
Laparoscopic hernia repair	140	Polypropylene mesh	60	NSQIP	35
Complications	133	Seroma	60	Surgical site infection	35
Inguinal	126	Complication	59	Totally extraperitoneal	35
Groin hernia	124	Polypropylene	59	Bariatric surgery	34
Herniorrhaphy	122	Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair	56	Pediatric inguinal hernia	34
Surgery	121	Obesity	53	Robotic	33
Children	114	Congenital diaphragmatic hernia	51	Abdominal wall	32
Chronic pain	114	Case report	48	Hiatal hernia repair	32
Quality of life	113	Learning curve	47	Spinal anesthesia	32
Ventral hernia repair	109	Minimally invasive surgery	47	Laparoscopic herniorrhaphy	31
Pain	107	Postoperative complications	47	Ventral	31
Laparoscopic repair	105	Parastomal hernia	46	Analgesia	30
Laparoscopic surgery	105	Hernia recurrence	43	Recurrence rate	30