Bibliometric analysis in paediatric dental journals listed in journal citation reports. Current trends.

AIM: The aim of this study was to analyse articles published in paediatric dental journals included in Journal Citation Reports (JCR), to determine current trends in paediatric publishing. METHODS: Articles included in paediatric dentistry journals in 2020 JCR were selected, published during the period 2008-2020. After applying inclusion criteria, author-based parameters (article title, first author's name, institution, sex and number of authors, number of affiliations, first/last author's origin and geographic origin), and article-based parameters (article type, main topic, research design) were registered for each article. CONCLUSION: International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry, European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry and Pediatric Dentistry were the four main journals in terms of production volume, USA being the most productive country. The most recurrent topic was dental surgery, and the most common design was observational studies. Study design, geographic origin of the articles, article type and main subject of the article might predict citation.

Tratamiento quirurgico de la esofagitis por reflujo. / Surgical treatment of reflux esophagitis

Se presenta la experiencia de 4 anos en el tratamiento quirurgico de la esopagitis por reflujo. El 81% de los pacientes fue tratado con la tecnica de Nissen obteniendose buenos resultados. En pacientes con fibrosis transmural, el tratamiento fue mas complejo, habiendo tenido recidiva 2 pacientes, en los que la asociacion de la tecnica de Thal a la de Nissen fue empleada, y un fallecimiento en el que se realizo interposicion yeyunal segun Merendino