An Analysis of Trends in Medical Journal Articles of Botanical Drugs in North Korea

Background Little is known about the surgical discipline in North Korea from the perspective of the outside world. This study aimed to examine the disease entities covered by articles published in the major medical journal in North Korea, “ Surgery .” Methods Content and frequency analyses of 2,132 articles published in “ Surgery ” from 2006 to 2017 were conducted. Two medical doctors who majored in surgery and anesthesiology perused the articles and compiled the diseases being elucidated in each article. The diseases described in each article were stratified into 13 surgical subspecialties. Results Articles from “ Surgery ,” similar to articles from the Western surgical community, also covered a wide variety of surgical diseases from different subspecialties, and the number of publications continued to grow consistently. Moreover, a number of studies focused on the fields of orthopedics and general surgery dealing with benign diseases. Some articles focused on minimally invasive surgeries using laparoscopy. Conclusion The studies published in the North Korean journal “ Surgery ” encompass various clinical areas, but their quality is unclear.

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An Analysis of Trends in Medical Journal Articles of Botanical Drugs in North Korea

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