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Table 1.

Employed search terms in the Databases

Database	Search terms
Search in PubMed (MEDLINE) database	(“microbiota”[tiab] OR “bacteria”[tiab] OR “gut-microbiome” OR gut-bacteria OR (“neuropathic pain”[mesh])) (“chemo”[tiab] OR “chemo-drug”[tiab] OR “chemotherapy” OR “chemotherapy-induced” OR (“neuropathic pain”[mesh])) (“probiotic”[tiab] OR “prebiotic”[tiab] OR “synbiotic”[tiab] OR “bacteria-probiotic”[tiab] OR “postbiotic”[tiab] (“neuropathic pain”[mesh])) (“nerve constriction injury”[tiab] OR “chronic nerve injury”[tiab] OR “nerve injury”[tiab] OR “CCI”[tiab] “hyperalgesia”[tiab] OR (“neuropathic pain”[mesh])) (“spinal injury”[tiab] OR “spinal nerve”[tiab] OR “spinal nerve injury”[tiab] OR “SNI”[tiab] OR “hyperalgesia”[tiab] OR (“neuropathic pain”[mesh])) (“spared nerve”[tiab] OR “spared-nerve”[tiab] OR “spared nerve injury”[tiab]” OR (“neuropathic pain”[mesh])) (“neuropath”[tiab] OR “neuropathy”[tiab] “hyperalgesia”[tiab]) (neuralgia[mesh] OR “neuralgi”[tiab]) (“pain”[tiab] OR pain[mesh]) (((((“Human Studies”[mesh] OR “in vivo”[mesh]) OR “in vitro”[mesh] OR “animal model”[tiab]) OR “randomised controlled”[tiab]) OR RCT[mesh] case report[pt] OR case series[pt] review[pt] ((1 AND 2 AND 3 AND 4 AND 5 AND 6) OR (1 AND 3)) ((1 AND 2) OR (2 AND 3)) ((4 AND 5 AND 6) OR (7 AND 8 AND 9)) (4 AND 5 AND 6) OR (animals[mh] NOT humans[mh])) (7 AND 8 AND 9) (10 OR 11 OR 12) Limit: English
Cochrane Library database	(“neuropath”):ti,ab,kw AND (“microbiota”):ti,ab,kw (“neuropathic pain”):ti,ab,kw AND (“bacteria”):ti,ab,kw (“nerve pain”):ti,ab,kw AND (“gut microbe”):ti,ab,kw (“neuralgi”):ti,ab,kw AND (“gut bacteria”):ti,ab,kw (“neuropathy”):ti,ab,kw AND (“gut microbiome”):ti,ab,kw (“neuropath”):ti,ab,kw AND (“probiotics”):ti,ab,kw (“neuropathy”):ti,ab,kw AND (“prebiotics”):ti,ab,kw (“neuropathic”):ti,ab,kw AND (“synbiotic”):ti,ab,kw (“neuropathic pain”):ti,ab,kw AND (“postbiotic”):ti,ab,kw (“neuralgia”):ti,ab,kw AND (“chemotherapy”):ti,ab,kw (“neuropathy”):ti,ab,kw AND (“chemo-induced”):ti,ab,kw (“neuropathic pain”):ti,ab,kw AND (“chronic constriction injury”):ti,ab,kw (“neuropathy”):ti,ab,kw AND (“nerve-CCI”):ti,ab,kw (“neuropathic pain”):ti,ab,kw AND (“chronic constriction nerve injury”):ti,ab,kw (“neuralgia”):ti,ab,kw AND (“spinal injury”):ti,ab,kw (“hyperalgesia”):ti,ab,kw AND (“spinal nerve injury”):ti,ab,kw (“neuropathic pain”):ti,ab,kw AND (“SNI”):ti,ab,kw: (“hyperlagesia”):ti,ab,kw AND (“spared nerve injury”):ti,ab,kw: (((1 OR 3) AND 3 AND 5) OR (5 AND (1 OR 2))) (((1 OR 6) AND 7 AND 8) OR (5 AND (6 OR 7))) (((9 OR 11) AND 10 AND 12) OR (13 AND (11 OR 12))) (((15 OR 17) AND 116 AND 18) OR (14 AND (13 OR 15))) (((17 OR 18) AND 4 AND 5) OR (17 AND ( 1OR 5)))

Database

Search terms

Search in PubMed (MEDLINE) database

(“microbiota”[tiab] OR “bacteria”[tiab] OR “gut-microbiome” OR gut-bacteria OR (“neuropathic pain”[mesh]))
(“chemo”[tiab] OR “chemo-drug”[tiab] OR “chemotherapy” OR “chemotherapy-induced” OR (“neuropathic pain”[mesh]))
(“probiotic”[tiab] OR “prebiotic”[tiab] OR “synbiotic”[tiab] OR “bacteria-probiotic”[tiab] OR “postbiotic”[tiab] (“neuropathic pain”[mesh]))
(“nerve constriction injury”[tiab] OR “chronic nerve injury”[tiab] OR “nerve injury”[tiab] OR “CCI”[tiab] “hyperalgesia”[tiab] OR (“neuropathic pain”[mesh]))
(“spinal injury”[tiab] OR “spinal nerve”[tiab] OR “spinal nerve injury”[tiab] OR “SNI”[tiab] OR “hyperalgesia”[tiab] OR (“neuropathic pain”[mesh]))
(“spared nerve”[tiab] OR “spared-nerve”[tiab] OR “spared nerve injury”[tiab]” OR (“neuropathic pain”[mesh]))
(“neuropath”[tiab] OR “neuropathy”[tiab] “hyperalgesia”[tiab])
(neuralgia[mesh] OR “neuralgi”[tiab])
(“pain”[tiab] OR pain[mesh])
(((((“Human Studies”[mesh] OR “in vivo”[mesh]) OR “in vitro”[mesh] OR “animal model”[tiab]) OR “randomised controlled”[tiab]) OR RCT[mesh]
case report[pt] OR case series[pt]
review[pt]
((1 AND 2 AND 3 AND 4 AND 5 AND 6) OR (1 AND 3))
((1 AND 2) OR (2 AND 3))
((4 AND 5 AND 6) OR (7 AND 8 AND 9))
(4 AND 5 AND 6) OR (animals[mh] NOT humans[mh]))
(7 AND 8 AND 9) (10 OR 11 OR 12) Limit: English

Cochrane Library database

(“neuropath”):ti,ab,kw AND (“microbiota”):ti,ab,kw
(“neuropathic pain”):ti,ab,kw AND (“bacteria”):ti,ab,kw
(“nerve pain”):ti,ab,kw AND (“gut microbe”):ti,ab,kw
(“neuralgi”):ti,ab,kw AND (“gut bacteria”):ti,ab,kw
(“neuropathy”):ti,ab,kw AND (“gut microbiome”):ti,ab,kw
(“neuropath”):ti,ab,kw AND (“probiotics”):ti,ab,kw
(“neuropathy”):ti,ab,kw AND (“prebiotics”):ti,ab,kw
(“neuropathic”):ti,ab,kw AND (“synbiotic”):ti,ab,kw
(“neuropathic pain”):ti,ab,kw AND (“postbiotic”):ti,ab,kw
(“neuralgia”):ti,ab,kw AND (“chemotherapy”):ti,ab,kw
(“neuropathy”):ti,ab,kw AND (“chemo-induced”):ti,ab,kw
(“neuropathic pain”):ti,ab,kw AND (“chronic constriction injury”):ti,ab,kw
(“neuropathy”):ti,ab,kw AND (“nerve-CCI”):ti,ab,kw
(“neuropathic pain”):ti,ab,kw AND (“chronic constriction nerve injury”):ti,ab,kw
(“neuralgia”):ti,ab,kw AND (“spinal injury”):ti,ab,kw
(“hyperalgesia”):ti,ab,kw AND (“spinal nerve injury”):ti,ab,kw
(“neuropathic pain”):ti,ab,kw AND (“SNI”):ti,ab,kw:
(“hyperlagesia”):ti,ab,kw AND (“spared nerve injury”):ti,ab,kw:
(((1 OR 3) AND 3 AND 5) OR (5 AND (1 OR 2)))
(((1 OR 6) AND 7 AND 8) OR (5 AND (6 OR 7)))
(((9 OR 11) AND 10 AND 12) OR (13 AND (11 OR 12)))
(((15 OR 17) AND 116 AND 18) OR (14 AND (13 OR 15)))
(((17 OR 18) AND 4 AND 5) OR (17 AND ( 1OR 5)))