摘要目的:了解国内外中医药治疗术后胃肠功能障碍领域的研究现状、热点和未来发展方向。方法:运用文献计量学软件CiteSpace 5.7.R5对中国知网全文数据库和Web of Science核心数据库自建库以来至2022年所检索出相关文献可视化分析，绘制作者、研究机构、关键词知识图谱。结果:经双人筛选后，共纳入1 012篇中文文献、111篇英文文献。年发文量统计分析显示该领域在国内外均呈上升趋势；作者共现分析显示发文量最多的是胡凯文和Jingwen Yang；机构共现分析显示国内外形成成熟且有影响力的团队较少，研究机构跨地区合作亦较少；关键词聚类分析显示该领域的研究热点主要集中在中西医结合护理、临床研究、中医外治法等方向。结论:对于中医药治疗术后胃肠功能障碍的研究主要集中在国内，但密切合作且稳定的科研团队较少；目前，国内外对于该领域的研究处于发展期，未来还需多机构和作者之间密切合作，形成具有影响力的团队，在该领域的机制原理中进行深入研究，为该领域发展做出重大贡献。

abstractsObjective:To explore the research status, hotspots, and directions in traditional Chinese medicine treatment for postoperative gastrointestinal dysfunction both domestically and internationally.Methods:The bibliometric software CiteSpace 5.7.R5 was used to visually analyze literature published on the China National Knowledge Infrastructure and Web of Science core collection from establishment until 2022, and to draw the knowledge graph of authors, research institutions, and keywords.Results:After screening by two researchers, a total of 1 012 Chinese articles and 111 English articles were included. The analysis of annual publication volume showed that this field was showing an upward trend both domestically and internationally. The co-occurrence analysis of authors displayed that Hu Kaiwen and Jingwen Yang had the highest number of publications. Institutional co-occurrence analysis indicated that there were relatively few mature and influential teams formed domestically and internationally, and research institutions had limited cross-regional cooperation. Keyword clustering analysis revealed that the research hotspots mainly focused on integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine nursing, clinical research, and traditional Chinese medicine external treatment methods.Conclusions:The research on the treatment of postoperative gastrointestinal dysfunction with traditional Chinese medicine is mainly concentrated in China, but there are few closely cooperating and stable research teams. Research in this field is still in its developmental stage both domestically and internationally, close cooperation between multiple institutions and authors is needed to form influential teams to conduct in-depth research on the mechanisms and principles of this field, making significant contributions to its development.