Table 1.
Search strategy with article numbers for Medline and Embase searches including fields, truncations, wildcards, and Boolean operators
| Number | Search term | Medline | Embase |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hip$.mp | 290,222 | 372,873 |
| 2 | congenital.mp | 247,368 | 414,049 |
| 3 | development$.mp | 1,746,649 | 2,347,493 |
| 4 | dysplas$.mp | 70,422 | 105,431 |
| 5 | dislocate$.mp | 54,908 | 61,857 |
| 6 | $luxation.mp | 3752 | 5602 |
| 7 | exp hip dislocation, congenital/ | 6744 | 5089 |
| 8 | exp hip dysplasia | N/A | 4260 |
| 9 | 2 OR 3 | 1,961,982 | 2,705,040 |
| 10 | 4 OR 5 OR 6 | 122,828 | 165,625 |
| 11 | (1 adj5 (9) adj5 (10)).mp | 8058 | 7735 |
| 12 | 7 OR 8 OR 11 | 8058 | 10,207 |
| 13 | (open adj2 reduc$).mp | 8305 | 12,508 |
| 14 | 12 and 13 | 413 | 563 |
| 15 | limit 14 to (human and child<unspecified age>) | N/A | 216 |
| limit 13 to (“all child [0 to 18 years]” and humans) | 358 | N/A | |
| 16 | (newborn$ or neonat$ or infan$ or teen$ or adolescent$ or toddler$ or tot$ or boy$ or girl or lad$ or youth or p?ediatric$).mp | 4,017,175 | 4,327,125 |
| 17 | 15 OR (14 AND 16) | 378 | 439 |
N/A = not applicable.