Abstract:Objective: To analyze the current situation and hot spots of radiofrequency treatment of zoster-associated pain in recent 10 years by using CiteSpace and VOSviewer software.Methods: The literature related to radiofrequency treatment of zoster-associated pain from 2011 to 2021 was retrieved from CNKI and Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection databases. The retrieved documents were exported in refworks or full-text record format.We quantified and visually analyzed enrolled documents in terms of authors, institutions and keywords by CiteSpace and VOSviewer software.Results: A total of 291 qualified documents were included, including 236 from CNKI database and 55 from WoS Core Collection database. The author with the most Chinese documents is Shen Wen from the Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University. The institutions with the most Chinese documents are the department of pain medicine of the Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University and the department of pain medicine of the Affiliated Hospital of Yanbian University.The authors with the most documents in English are Yao Peng and Ding Yuanyuan from Shengjing Hospital Affiliated to China Medical University, Yao Ming from Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University and Song Tao from the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University.The institution with the most documents is China Medical University.According to the keywords, emergent keywords and co-citation keywords in the literature, it can be seen that the research hot spots of CNKI database mainly include herpes zoster in special parts (trigeminal nerve area), concomitant symptoms of chronic pain (depression and sleep quality), treatment methods (ultrasound guidance, high-voltage mode), combination with other drugs (pregabalin, doxorubicin) and inflammatory immune function, The literature of WoS Core Collection database mainly focuses on the comparison between radiofrequency and other neural regulation technologies.Conclusion:It is found that radiofrequency treatment of zoster-associated pain is still a research hot spot.At present, there is a lack of basic research on the mechanism of radiofrequency treatment of zoster-associated pain, and we should pay attention to basic research in the future.