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Penile prosthesis implantation: a bibliometric-based visualization study

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The treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED) using penile prosthesis implantation (PPI) has recently garnered significant interest, but reports of bibliometric analyses of studies on PPI have yet to appear. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to use visualization techniques to statistically and qualitatively assess the state of knowledge, current research topics, and trends in this field. The Science Citation Index-Expanded (SCI-E) from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC) was searched for publications about PPI from the inception of the database to 2023. VOSviewer (version 1.6.19), CiteSpace (version 6.2. R2), and Excel (version 2021) were used for the data analysis. The results show a total of 1015 original articles and reviews on PPI published over this nearly 50 years, with an increasing trend in the number of studies published each year. The United States is the country with the most published studies (n = 578). Mayo Clinic is the organization with the most publications overall (n = 46). The Journal of Sexual Medicine has the most publications (n = 184). The most prolific author is Wilson, Steven K (n = 31). The most commonly used terms were erectile dysfunction (n = 509), penile prosthesis (n = 332), implantation (n = 207), satisfaction (n = 201), surgery (n = 200), infection (n = 134), outcomes (n = 128), Peyronie’s disease (n = 121), men (n = 115), and experience (n = 109). Current research focuses on four main areas: complications of PPI, the current status of inflatable penile prosthesis (IPP), the use of PPI in radical prostatectomy and Peyronie’s disease populations, and patient satisfaction after PPI. Improving patient satisfaction with PPI through improved mechanical design and surgical techniques is a key concern for future research.

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Fig. 1: The annual number of publications in the research from 1975 to 2023.
Fig. 2: Contributions of various countries to the research of PPI.
Fig. 3: Authors related to the research on PPI.
Fig. 4: The institution’s co-authorship network of PPI.
Fig. 5: The bibliometric analysis of all keywords in the field of PPI.

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The data analyzed in this study can be obtained from the Web of Science database using the search keywords and procedures described in the “Methods” section. The raw search results and bibliometric data are available upon reasonable request to the corresponding author.

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This study was supported by the Special Project of Sichuan Provincial Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Scientific Research of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Award Number: 2023MS595, Recipient: Recipient: XY).

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Li, Y., Gao, D., Zhang, J. et al. Penile prosthesis implantation: a bibliometric-based visualization study. Int J Impot Res (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41443-024-00927-1

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