Abstract:AIM:To learn the distribution pattern and worldwide research tendency of corneal transplantation literatures.
METHODS: Articles were searched from PubMed of the United States national library database as a data source, to analyze the age distribution, national and regional distribution, dispatch language and author situation included during the year of 2000-2012. The analysis software BICOMB and SPSS 19.0 were used to cluster high-frequency of them.
RESULTS: Totally 3 363 literatures were included during the year of 2000-2012, the numbers of them were gradually increased. The literatures were mainly in English, the literatures of our country capacity ranked 4th. There were 50 high frequency subjects, and hot topics were clustered into 3 categories which including corneal endothelium transplantation, treatment for the complications of corneal transplantation, immunological rejection of corneal transplantation.
CONCLUSION:There is a growing trend on the research of corneal transplantation. The corneal endothelium transplantation is the hot topics.
