AI-driven reconstruction of the evidence architecture of hydrogel-based intervertebral disc repair research (opens in new tab)

BackgroundIntervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD), the leading cause of chronic low back pain, imposes heavy socioeconomic burdens, and conventional treatments cannot achieve biological disc repair. Hydrogels are promising for IVDD regeneration, but traditional bibliometrics fails to uncover the field’s evidence architecture, thematic maturity and structural bottlenecks.MethodsWe retrieved 1,085 English publications (2016–2025) from three major databases, and developed an AI-driven framework ...