%0 Journal Article
%T The Evolution and Future of Rhytidectomy Literature: A Bibliographic Study
%A Adam Honeybrook
%A Charles Woodard
%A Dane Barrett
%A Jamil Asaria
%A Matthew Crowson
%J The American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery
%@ 2374-7722
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0748806818795555
%X Since Eugene Holl£¿nder performed the first rhytidectomy in 1901, face-lift surgery has dramatically transformed over 100+ years. Our objective was to assess conceptual themes and content evolution in the published rhytidectomy literature. A bibliometric rhytidectomy analysis was performed on English-language literature between the period of 1951 and 2017. Analyses included most productive authors, countries, journals, most-cited articles, and keywords. K-means clustering was used to discern trends in topics. A total of 1927 rhytidectomy abstracts were mined from the Scopus£¿ bibliographic database over the period of 1951-2017. These abstracts originated from 500 different source publications and 3744 different authors. The annual growth rate of rhytidectomy literature is 6.87 articles/year. The most productive countries were the United States (856 publications), France (107 publications), and Brazil (67 publications). Between-country collaborations were rare. From 1995-2015, the recent literature centered on younger adults, surgical approaches, and complications. Older literature investigated surgical techniques, facial skin, aging, and lipectomy. Two distinct concept clusters were discovered: (1) surgical outcomes and techniques/approaches, and (2) study design. Bibliometric analyses are useful in understanding intellectual structure, gaps, and opportunities for knowledge advancement. The recent rhytidectomy literature is focused on new techniques/approaches, complications, and younger adults and is dominated by US-based clinicians
%K rhytidectomy
%K facelift
%K literature
%K bibliographic
%K bibliometric
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0748806818795555