Bibliometric Analysis on Cholecystectomy Surgery in the Nursing Field

Purpose: This study aimed to bibliometrically examine nursing publications regarding cholecystectomy surgery. Design: The study is a bibliometric analysis. Methods: The study was conducted in the Web of Science database. The keywords “cholecystectomy AND nursing” were used during the scanning. The data were evaluated in quantitative aspects. Findings: In the study, 481 publications were identified, publications were made between 1987 and 2023, the average number of years since the release of the publication was 10.2, and the annual increase rate was 8.19%. The most active country was the United States, and the journal most often published in was the “Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing.” In the last 3 years, the themes of “meta-analysis, complication, pain, anxiety, quality of life” have been trending, the most working and continuing to develop our “laparoscopic cholecystectomy” and “pain” themes, and the leading theme in the field was “anxiety”. Conclusions: This study is the first bibliometric study examining nursing studies on cholecystectomy and provides a comprehensive overview of cholecystectomy and nursing issues over 36 years. In quantitative data, it was concluded that although studies in this field have a long history, the number of publications is low, and the annual growth rate is low. According to the quantitative evaluation results, it was found that the most studied topic in this field was laparoscopic cholecystectomy and pain, minimally invasive intervention and perioperative period topics remained isolated, and computerized tomography and gallbladder themes were among the newly emerging themes.