Telich-Tarriba JE, Seidman-Sorsby A, Cruz-Zermeño M

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

Levels of evidence are a hierarchical appraisal system which grades research based on the virtues or limitations of its methodology. The Cirugía Plástica journal has published a vast number of articles over 30 years; however, to this date, the quality of its research is unknown. The aim of this work is to analyze the levels of evidence of the research articles published by the Cirugía Plástica journal during a 10-year period; every article published between 2010 and 2020 by Cirugía Plástica was included. Information was exported to a data sheet including the title, the number and volume of publication, number of authors, type, institution, theme, level of evidence according to ASPS (I to V), and number of citations. 198 articles were included altogether: 97.1% were from México. 153 focused on reconstructive surgery (76.9%) and 37 on aesthetics (18.6%). Craniofacial surgery was the most popular theme (18 = 9.0%). Cross sectional studies (68 = 34.2%) and case reports (47 = 23.6%) were the most common type of publication. The average citation per article was 1.57 ± 3.7. Most works had a level of evidence of IV (88 = 44.2%) or V (76 = 38.2%). The rest were level III (28, 14.1%) or II (6, 3.0%). No level I research was published. We concluded that the publications in Cirugía Plástica have a low level of evidence. It is necessary to develop teaching strategies to familiarize surgeons with better research and reporting methodologies to improve the quality of our publications.

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