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J Pediatr Surg2025;60(7):162338.July 1, 2025Journal Article

Return of the Disruption Score: Fetal Surgery in the Spotlight (1975-2021).

Cortnie R Vaughn1, Xiao-Yue Han1, Marijane White2, Adan Z Becerra3, Andrew H Chon4, Raphael C Sun5
1Oregon Health and Science University, Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Portland, OR, USA.
2Oregon Health and Science University, Library, Portland, OR, USA.
3Arine Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA.
4Oregon Health and Science University, Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Portland, OR, USA; Oregon Health and Science University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Portland, OR, USA.
5Oregon Health and Science University, Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Portland, OR, USA; Oregon Health and Science University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Portland, OR, USA. Electronic address: sunr@ohsu.edu.

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Fetal surgery is a highly specialized multidisciplinary field which evolved from pediatric surgery and maternal-fetal medicine. The published works that define the field are found across the spectrum of subspeciality journals, making a comprehensive review of the literature difficult. The disruption score is a bibliometric tool which places each published work in the context of the e…

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