Visual Analysis of Auricular Therapy Treatment of Postoperative Pain Based on CiteSpace

目的：本研究旨在运用文献计量学方法分析耳穴疗法治疗术后疼痛的研究现状、热点及趋势。方法：通过对建库至2024年12月中国知网中关于耳穴疗法治疗术后疼痛的文献进行检索与筛选后，通过CiteSpaceV6.3.R1对纳入文献的作者、机构、关键词进行分析，并生成可视化知识图谱。结果：本研究共收录文献562篇，发文量总体呈上升趋势；各个作者发文量较少；发文量最多的机构为江苏省中医医院。通过对关键词进行分析，术后疼痛的热点研究对象从早期的肛肠疾病术后变为骨科、妇科、耳鼻喉科疾病术后等，主要干预措施为单纯耳穴疗法以及耳穴疗法与其它不同针灸疗法的联合使用，主要研究方法为临床研究。结论：耳穴疗法治疗术后疼痛是持续的热点领域，具有良好的发展前景，未来需提高临床研究质量，加强相关机制研究，为推动耳穴疗法治疗术后疼痛走向国际提供可靠的循证依据。Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze the current status, hotspot and trend of auricular therapy in the treatment of postoperative pain by bibliometrics. Methods: After searching and screening the literatures on auricular therapy for postoperative pain in CNKI from the establishment of the database to December 2024, the authors, institutions and keywords of the included literatures were analyzed using CiteSpaceV6.3.R1, and the visual knowledge map was generated. Results: A total of 562 papers were included in this study, and the number of published papers showed an increasing trend. The number of papers published by each author is small; Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine was the institution with the largest number of publications. Through the analysis of keywords, the hot research subjects of postoperative pain have changed from early postoperative anorectal diseases to postoperative diseases in orthopedics, gynecology, otorhinolaryngology, etc. The main intervention measures are simple auricular therapy and the combination of auricular therapy and other different acupuncture treatments, and the main research method is clinical research. Conclusion: Auricular therapy for postoperative pain is an ongoing hot field with good development prospects. In the future, it is necessary to improve the quality of clinical research and strengthen the relevant mechanism research, so as to provide reliable evidence-based basis for promoting auricular therapy for postoperative pain treatment to the international market.