Introduction
Materials and methods
Evidence acquisition: criteria for including studies for this review
Inclusion criteria
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All English language studies
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All non-English studies with abstracts written in the English language
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Studies reporting on urolithiasis: treatment and interventions—open surgery, laparoscopic surgery, pyelolithotomy, shockwave lithotripsy (SWL), percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL), and ureteroscopy (URS),
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Studies on simulation in Endourology, and
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Studies on the use of laser technology in Endourology.
Exclusion criteria
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Studies without a published abstract
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Studies for non-urolithiasis conditions
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Animal and laboratory studies
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Case reports.
Search strategy and study selection
Results
Overall number of papers on urolithiasis
2000–2015 | Urolithiasis (all) | URS | PCNL | SWL | Others |
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English | 4787 | 1084 | 1668 | 729 | 1306 |
Non-English | 556 | 116 | 147 | 158 | 135 |
French | 132 | 36 | 27 | 26 | 43 |
Spanish | 103 | 26 | 28 | 34 | 15 |
Chinese | 68 | 12 | 39 | 11 | 6 |
German | 68 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 0 |
Russian | 66 | 7 | 16 | 31 | 12 |
Japanese | 45 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 23 |
Italian | 25 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
Polish | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
Romanian | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Portuguese | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Others | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
Interventions for urolithiasis
Ureteroscopy (URS)
Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL)
Shockwave lithotripsy (SWL)
Open surgery, pyelolithotomy, and laparoscopic surgery
Use of simulation in endourology
Laser technology in endourology
Discussion
Meaning of our study
Strengths and weakness of bibliometric trend analysis
Years | PNL, percutaneous nephrolithotomy Total articles—(English + non-English) | Mini PCNL | Micro PCNL | Ultra-mini PCNL |
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2000 | 18 | 2 | ||
2001 | 26 | 2 | ||
2002 | 29 | 1 | 1 | |
2003 | 33 | 1 | 1 | |
2004 | 38 | 1 | ||
2005 | 56 | 3 | ||
2006 | 67 | 2 | ||
2007 | 91 | 9 | ||
2008 | 143 | 10 | ||
2009 | 121 | 3 | ||
2010 | 123 | 4 | ||
2011 | 173 | 10 | 1 | |
2012 | 211 | 15 | 1 | |
2013 | 282 | 21 | 6 | 4 |
2014 | 209 | 12 | 10 | 1 |
2015 | 195 | 26 | 9 | 7 |
Total | 1715 | 122 | 27 | 12 |