Publications from Saudi Arabia in Plastic Surgery in the Recent Five Years

BACKGROUND:In the last 5 years, many universities and medical centers have contributed immensely to medical research in Saudi Arabia. The aim of this study is to review the publications in the last 5 years in the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery from Saudi Arabia. METHODS:An electronic search was carried out using PubMed website for all plastic and reconstructive surgery-related articles published from Saudi Arabia. The type, subject, region, institute, and subspecialty were collected from the articles. RESULTS:A total of 142 articles were found, of which 45 were case reports (31.9%). The highest number of publications was 35 papers in 2018. Most of the papers were published from King Saud University (59.6%). A total of 123 articles (87.2%) were published from the central region of the kingdom. Hand surgery was the most common published topic, with 60 articles (43%). CONCLUSIONS:We concluded that there is an increase in the number of publications in the recent 5 years. However, most of these publications are case reports and series, which are low-quality researches in the era of evidence-based medicine.