The Pattern of Publications on Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations and Cavernomas in the Middle East and North Africa

Amira Alolyani; Horia Alotaibi; May Adel AlHamid; Faisal Alabbas; Hosam Al-Jehani

doi:10.4103/AJIR.AJIR_11_20

The Arab Journal of Interventional Radiology, Table of Contents

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · The Arab Journal of Interventional Radiology 2020; 4(02): 092-095
DOI: 10.4103/AJIR.AJIR_11_20

Original Article

The Pattern of Publications on Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations and Cavernomas in the Middle East and North Africa

Amira Alolyani

Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

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Horia Alotaibi

Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

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May Adel AlHamid

Department of Neurology and Interventional Radiology, King Fahad Hospital of the University, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

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Faisal Alabbas

Department of Neurosurgery and Interventional Radiology, King Fahad Hospital of the University, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

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Hosam Al-Jehani

Department of Neurosurgery and Interventional Radiology, King Fahad Hospital of the University, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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Background: Cerebrovascular malformations are encountered frequently in clinical practice, but not much is known about the pattern of publication in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries. We aim to evaluate the status and pattern of publications of cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVM) and cavernomas in the MENA. Materials and Methods: PubMed database was searched for publications on cerebral AVM and cavernomas in the MENA between 2009 and 2019. Results: We found only 94 publications in the MENA region out of 31,333 publications pertaining to AVMs (0.3%). The highest publishing country was Turkey, with 50 (53.1%) studies. The case report was the study design used most by authors with 59 (62.7%) studies. The majority of publications were by neurosurgeons with 42 of 94 (42.4%) papers. European journals ranked first in the number of published articles with 42 of 94 (46.1%) articles. Conclusions: We found a limited number of publications on cerebral AVMs and cavernomas by MENA countries in the past decade. Research support and national/regional registries are important factors to improve the academic output on AVMs and cavernomas in the MENA region.

Arteriovenous malformations - cavernous malformations - Middle East - North Africa - pattern - publications

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