Table 3.
Search Strategy for Embase.
| Embase | ||
|---|---|---|
| # | Searches | Number of Results |
| 1 | Myelopath*.mp. or exp myelopathy/or exp spondylosis/or spondylotic thoracic myelopathy.mp. or exp *spinal cord disease/or thoracic spinal cord injury.ti,ab. or exp *myelography/or exp *myeloradiculopathy/or myeloradiculopath*.ti,ab. or (spinal cord adj3 (diseas* or disorder*)).ti,ab. or spondylomyelopath*.ti,ab. or (spinal cord adj3 Compress*).ti,ab. or exp *spinal cord compression/or exp *Japanese Orthopaedic association score/or Japanese Orthop?edic Association.mp. or (Japanese Orthop?edic association adj2 scor*).mp. or (joa adj2 scor*).mp. or exp ligamentum flavum/or ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament.ti,ab. or exp *ligament calcinosis/or (exp posterior longitudinal ligament/and (exp *ossification/or ossifi*.ti,ab.)) | 308383 |
| 2 | exp *thoracic vertebra/or exp *thoracic spinal cord/or thoracic.tw. or exp *thoracic spine/ | 230149 |
| 3 | 1 and 2 | 16449 |
| 4 | exp atlantooccipital joint/or exp arteriovenous fistula/or exp radiotherapy/or exp cyanocobalamin/or exp radiation injury repair/or exp radiation injury/or exp *radiation/or exp re-irradiation/or exp irradiation/or exp craniospinal irradiation/or exp whole body radiation/or exp *motor neuron disease/or exp *amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/or neoplasm metastasis.mp. or exp metastasis/or exp *neoplasm/or exp malignant neoplasm/or exp radiation induced neoplasm/or exp myeloproliferative neoplasm/or exp vertebra hemangioma/or exp hemangioma/or exp nervous system malformation/or autoimmune diseases of the nervous system.mp. or autoimmune nervous system.mp. or (congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities).mp. or congenital disorder.mp. or exp genetic disorder/or newborn disease.mp. or exp virus infection/or exp tuberculosis/or exp cyst/or exp hematoma/or exp infection/or hemangioma.mp. or cancer.mp. or meningioma.mp. or tumo*r.mp. or cyst.mp. or h*ematoma.mp. or exp trauma/or exp vascular diseases/or web.ti. or acute.ti. or exp Myelin Sheath/or plexus.ti. or tuberculosis.mp. or myelitis.mp. or exp dog/or exp cat/or glioma.mp. or deficiency.ti. or exp multiple sclerosis/ | 15244318 |
| 5 | 3 not 4 | 1607 |
| 6 | Limit 5 to medline | 228 |
| 7 | 5 not 6 | 1379 |
| 8 | Limit 7 to english language | 1232 |