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Proctitis in patients with monkeypox infection: a single-center analysis of 42 consecutive cases from a multidisciplinary observational study on monkeypox proctitis

Publicated to:Techniques in Coloproctology. 27 (12): 1211-1218 - 2023-12-01 27(12), DOI: 10.1007/s10151-023-02782-6

Authors: Guevara-Martínez J; La-Noire FP; Arteaga-Asensio P; Pascual-Miguelañez I; Moraes Souza R; Quiles M; Montes M; Fondevila C; Álvarez-Gallego M; Sendagorta E; Gonzalez-Alcolea N; Zapata-Syro C; Maldonado A; González CS; Marijuan JL

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Hosp Univ La Paz, Dermatol Dept, Madrid, Spain - Author
Hosp Univ La Paz, Inst Invest, Madrid, Spain - Author
Hosp Univ La Paz, Internal Med Dept, Madrid, Spain - Author
Hosp Univ La Paz, Microbiol Dept, Madrid, Spain - Author
Hospital Universitario La Paz - Author
Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Universitario La Paz , Hospital Universitario La Paz - Author
Univ Autonoma Madrid, Hosp Univ La Paz, Gen & Digest Surg, Madrid, Spain - Author
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Abstract

Background: The current monkeypox (MP) virus outbreak was declared an international emergency in July 2022. The aim of this report is to describe our initial experience with patients with MP, focusing on proctitis. Methods: We conducted an observational study between 20 May and 31 July 2022, on patients with MP at a reference tertiary center in Madrid, Spain. A descriptive analysis on MP was performed, focusing on its characteristics, symptoms, diagnosis, and outcomes. Results: A total of 143 positive MP cases were diagnosed in our center; 42 of them [all male, median age 39 years (range: 22–57 years)] had proctitis (29.37%), and 3 patients (2.09%/MP total cases and 7.14%/MP proctitis) required surgical drainage of a perianal abscess. Conclusions: General and digestive surgeons must be aware of the presence of proctological impairment and complications due to MP virus.

Keywords
anal abscessmonkeypoxoutbreakproctitissurgical drainageAnal abscessMonkeypoxOutbreakProctitisSurgical drainage

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Techniques in Coloproctology due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2023, it was in position 56/292, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Surgery.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 8.02, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions May 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-05-09, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 2
  • Scopus: 8
  • OpenCitations: 6
Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-05-09:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 9.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 9 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 5.5.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 4 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: http://hdl.handle.net/10486/707694
Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Guevara-Martínez J) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Álvarez-Gallego M.