Mark Krauthammer1, Elad Moisseiev2. 1. Department of Ophthalmology, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel. 2. Department of Ophthalmology, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel; Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. Electronic address: elad_moi@netvision.net.il.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To analyze the 100 most-cited articles on pars plana vitrectomy (PPV). DESIGN: Bibliographic study. METHODS: Literature search using the bibliographic databases of the ISI Web of Knowledge, limited to research articles published between 1971 and 2018 in peer-reviewed journals of ophthalmology. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Number of citations since publication. RESULTS: The 100 most-cited articles on PPV were published in 11 different ophthalmology journals, with 73 of them published in Ophthalmology (n = 31), American Journal of Ophthalmology (n = 26), and Archives of Ophthalmology (n = 16). They originated from 14 different countries, predominantly from the United States (n = 64), and 99 of them were written in English. Their topics cover a wide spectrum of retinal conditions that vary from decade to decade as the technique of PPV evolved and became applicable to more indications. CONCLUSIONS: This bibliographic study provides a unique historic perspective of the development of PPV and its applications from its introduction to its current status.
PURPOSE: To analyze the 100 most-cited articles on pars plana vitrectomy (PPV). DESIGN: Bibliographic study. METHODS: Literature search using the bibliographic databases of the ISI Web of Knowledge, limited to research articles published between 1971 and 2018 in peer-reviewed journals of ophthalmology. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Number of citations since publication. RESULTS: The 100 most-cited articles on PPV were published in 11 different ophthalmology journals, with 73 of them published in Ophthalmology (n = 31), American Journal of Ophthalmology (n = 26), and Archives of Ophthalmology (n = 16). They originated from 14 different countries, predominantly from the United States (n = 64), and 99 of them were written in English. Their topics cover a wide spectrum of retinal conditions that vary from decade to decade as the technique of PPV evolved and became applicable to more indications. CONCLUSIONS: This bibliographic study provides a unique historic perspective of the development of PPV and its applications from its introduction to its current status.