Table 2.

The following are the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and terms utilized in the Cochrane search process for this study.

Search	Query	Items found	Explanation of the search
#8	((MeSH descriptor: [hip prosthesis] explode all trees) OR (MeSH descriptor: [arthroplasty, replacement, hip] explode all trees)) AND (((contralateral):ti,ab,kw) OR ((bilateral):ti,ab,kw) OR ((subsequent):ti,ab,kw))	241	Search #3 AND #7
#7	((contralateral):ti,ab,kw) OR ((bilateral):ti,ab,kw) OR ((subsequent):ti,ab,kw)	66,373	Search #4 OR #5 OR #6
#6	(subsequent):ti,ab,kw	40,466
#5	(bilateral):ti,ab,kw	20,682
#4	(contralateral):ti,ab,kw	7,113
#3	(MeSH descriptor: [hip prosthesis] explode all trees) OR (MeSH descriptor: [arthroplasty, replacement, hip] explode all trees)	2,771	Search #1 OR #2
#2	MeSH descriptor: [arthroplasty, replacement, hip] explode all trees	2,092
#1	MeSH descriptor: [hip prosthesis] explode all trees	1,168