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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 3 The top 98 significant keywords (> 10 frequency of occurrence)

From: Scientometric analysis of highly cited papers on avascular necrosis of the femoral head from 1991 to 2022

No.

Keyword (frequency)

TLS

Cluster

S. No.

Keyword (frequency)

TLS

Cluster

1

Femur head necrosis (174)

1033

1

50

Alendronic acid (10)

94

1

2

Femur head (110)

662

2

51

Fracture (10)

71

2

3

Total hip prosthesis (80)

586

2

52

Fracture nonunion (10)

68

3

4

Avascular necrosis (77)

538

3

53

Prosthesis design (9)

92

2

5

Bone necrosis (65)

429

1

54

Apoptosis (9)

78

1

6

Postoperative complications (44)

244

3

55

Osteoblast (9)

72

1

7

Surgical technique (42)

262

3

56

Sickle cell anemia (9)

49

1

8

Hip arthroplasty, replacement (32)

269

2

57

Bone cement (8)

75

2

9

Osteonecrosis (29)

215

1

58

Dexamethasone (8)

74

1

10

Hip osteoarthritis (28)

224

2

59

Fracture reduction (8)

66

3

11

Corticosteroid (26)

211

1

60

Hip surgery (8)

63

3

12

Prosthesis failure (25)

211

2

61

Diabetes mellitus (8)

60

1

13

Hip prosthesis (23)

216

2

62

Angiogenesis (8)

55

1

14

Osteoarthritis (23)

193

2

63

Fracture fixation (8)

53

3

15

Acetabulum (23)

178

2

64

Fracture healing (8)

50

3

16

Femur neck fracture (21)

167

3

65

Pathogenesis (7)

125

1

17

Hip arthroplasty (21)

161

2

66

Mesenchymal stem cells (7)

55

1

18

Decompression surgery (21)

134

4

67

Cell differentiation (7)

54

1

19

Rheumatoid arthritis (20)

169

2

68

Animal models (7)

51

1

20

Prognosis (20)

155

1

69

Preoperation evaluation (7)

51

2

21

Hip dislocation (20)

149

3

70

Perthe’s disease (7)

47

2

22

Hip joint (19)

167

2

71

Alcohol consumption (6)

586

1

23

Steroids (19)

140

1

72

Mesenchymal stem cells transplantation (6)

58

1

24

Osteotomy (19)

127

4

73

Orthopedic surgery (6)

48

3

25

Femur fracture (18)

116

3

74

Surgical decompression (6)

48

4

26

Bone graft (18)

107

4

75

Bone development (6)

45

1

27

Osteoarthritis, hip (17)

157

2

76

Femur intertrochanteric (5)

64

2

28

Glucocorticoids (17)

142

1

77

Vitamin D (5)

57

1

29

Hip disease (17)

114

2

78

Idiopathic disease (5)

54

1

30

Systemic lupus erythematous (16)

147

1

79

Azathioprine (5)

53

1

31

Osteolysis (16)

117

2

80

Autologous transplantation (5)

42

4

32

Prosthesis loosening (15)

136

2

81

Biomechanics (5)

41

2

33

Hip dysplasia (15)

117

2

82

Autologous bone marrow transplantation (5)

38

4

34

Bone marrow (15)

89

1

83

Femoroacetabular impingement (5)

37

2

35

Treatment outcome (14)

447

3

84

Immunohistochemistry (5)

36

2

36

Methylprednisolone (14)

115

1

85

Drug effect (5)

30

1

37

Corticosteroid therapy (14)

113

1

86

Hypertension (4)

53

1

38

Pathology (14)

110

2

87

Congenital hip dislocation (4)

46

2

39

Femur neck (12)

90

2

88

Protein expression (4)

38

1

40

Risk assessment (12)

80

3

89

Hyperbaric oxygen (4)

35

4

41

Osteosynthesis (12)

75

3

90

Extracorporeal lithotripsy (4)

33

4

42

Pathophysiology (11)

101

1

91

Blood clotting disorders (3)

31

1

43

Bone transplantation (11)

82

4

92

Fibrinolysis (3)

28

1

44

Osteoporosis (11)

81

1

93

Gaucher disease (3)

24

1

45

Weight bearing (11)

81

3

94

Thrombophilia (3)

23

1

46

Hip fracture (11)

78

3

95

Bone regeneration (3)

15

1

47

Conservative treatment (11)

72

4

96

Kidney transplantation (2)

28

1

48

Biophosphonic acid derivatives (10)

116

1

97

Acetabulum fracture (2)

26

3

49

Prednisone (10)

106

1

98

Radiation injuries (2)

10

2

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