Subhasree Ghatak, Meghna Dutta
Utilizing maternal healthcare services: are female-headed households faring poorly?
BMC pregnancy and childbirth
background genderaffirming surgery becoming common among reconstructive surgeons bibliometric analyses statistical evaluations published scientific correspondence validated method measuring influence scientific community bibliometric analysis done yet purpose study identify characteristics 50 mostcited peerreviewed articles genderaffirming surgery methods scopus abstract citation database utilized april 2020 search englishlanguage publications related genderaffirming surgery 50 mostcited publications met inclusion criteria reviewed various metric tabulations results 50 publications cited total 4402 times thirtyone 62 published 2000 later phalloplasty discussed surgical technique 18 articles focused femaletomale ftm patients case series 46 review articles 24 common level level ii studies netherlands contributed 13 articles among frequent keywords 50 abstracts flap complication earliest author keywords used transsexual sex reassignment conclusions keyword usage abstracts time seems follow trend socially inclusive lexicon focus studies higher level evidence may optimize surgeon education appropriately guide clinical practice study reveals influential commonly referenced studies may sufficient appropriately guide clinical practices