Abdominal wall defects result from trauma, abdominal wall tumors, necrotizing infections or complications of previous abdominal surgeries. Apart from cosmetics, abdominal wall defects have strong negative functional impact on the patients.

Background: This retrospective study is the only one in the last 10 years from central Europe and provides a current picture of prevalence, new diagnostic modalities, new methods of surgical treatment, and also offers new insights into post-operative care. Triceps tendon rupture is the least reported among all the tendon injuries in the literature. In general, effective treatments for tendon injuries are lacking because the understanding of tendon biology lags behind that of the other components of the musculoskeletal system. Tendon tissue has a low number of cells and growth hormones and thus a lack of natural healing ability. Understanding the links between the mechanical and biological parameters involved in tendon development, homeostasis, and repair is a prerequisite for the identification of effective treatments for chronic and acute tendon injuries. Methods: The authors statistically evaluated the set of patients with this diagnosis in the largest University Hospital in Slovakia over the last 10 years. Results: Between 2014 and 2023, 23 patients with distal triceps tendon ruptures (DTTR) were treated at University Hospital. In some years not a single patient with this diagnosis underwent surgery, reinforcing the idea that DTTR may be either rare or underdiagnosed. The incidence in our region is 0.46 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. The average age of patients was 57.7 years, with a male predominance of 90%. Less than half of the patients (43.5%) underwent surgical intervention, and the median time from injury to surgery was less than 10 days. This rapid timeline indicates a high standard of medical care, given the semi-elective nature of the surgery and the need for MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) confirmation of tendon rupture exceeding 50% of the fibers before proceeding with surgery. The three standard surgical techniques were employed in approximately equal proportions. Conclusions: This study suggests that none of the methods is currently preferred, and that the choice of the technique was largely determined by perioperative findings and the surgeon’s discretion. Post-operative complications were minimal, with only one patient experiencing any issues after surgery.

Manual therapy (MT) is a dynamic entity progressing rapidly. The current trend stimulates a direction toward higher specificity in the research. This is the first bibliometric review to identify the trends in MT in the last ten years (till 2023). The Scopus database was selected to retrieve the bibliographic records. Biblioshiny (Bibliometrix), PowerBI, MS Excel, and MS Access were used to visualize and analyze the results. 1208 relevant studies were included in the analysis. Publishing has a rising character. The four-author articles are the most common, while only 68 are single-author studies. In 2021, the highest number of publications (n=178) was published. The Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies has published the highest number of publications (75). The USA is the most prolific country in publishing (361 studies) and total citations (4869). Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Spain) is the most productive and cited institution. Fernández-De-Las-Peñas C. is the most productive, and Mark D. Bishop is the most cited author. The USA, Australia, Canada, and European countries have the most frequent collaborations. MT was the most common research focus from 2017 to 2019. The topics of exercise therapy, musculoskeletal therapy, physical therapy, and physiotherapy have been the focus of research in the context of MT lately. The present study reported the research-related trends in MT applying bibliometric methods and identified the most productive countries, institutions, and researchers over the past decade. These findings are intended to assist the researchers in better orientation in the research field and to specify the trends for future research studies. Keywords: Manual therapy; physiotherapy; research trends; bibliometrics; thematic evolution; research collaboration