Table 1. Distribution of the articles selected, according to total number of references, keywords used and search database.
| Database searched | Keywords used | Total references | Total selected articles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medline | NLM ‘Cervix diseases (MeSH) erosion’ | 423 | 9 |
| NLM ‘Cervix erosion (MeSH)’ | 381 | 2 | |
| NLM ‘Cervix erosion’ | 94 | 3 | |
| NLM ‘(Pubmed) ectopy’ | 71 | 17 | |
| NLM ‘Cervix diseases (MeSH) ectopy’ | 19 | 1 | |
| Bireme | ‘Diseases of uterine cervix’ | 1541 | 12 |
| ‘Cervix erosion’ | 6 | 0 | |
| Embase | ‘Uterine cervix erosion’ | 11 | 1 |
| ‘Uterine cervix disease’ | 128 | 0 | |
| Lilacs | Ectropion | 2 | 0 |
| Ectopy | 4 | 0 | |
| Cauterization | 11 | 1 | |
| Diseases of uterine cervix | 198 | 0 | |
| Cochrane Library (in controlled trials): |
‘Ectopy and cervical’ | 4 | 1 |
| ‘Ectropion and cervical’ | 5 | 0 | |
| ‘Erosion and cervical’ | 19 | 0 | |
| Total | 2917 | 47 |
Medline = Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online; Bireme = Biblioteca Regional de Medicina; Embase = Excerpta Medica Database; Lilacs = Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde.