Table 1.
Search results and number of articles retrieved after applying the selection criteria. After the initial search, all articles were entered in a reference database (Mendeley)
| Database searched | Search terms used and limits applied | Number of results | Number met inclusion criteria |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medline | ((“splenic injury”) AND “embolization”) AND “operative” | 50 | 29 |
| Medline | (((splenic trauma) AND operative management) AND artery embolization) AND non operative management | 15 | 5 |
| Trip database | (title:splenic injury)(title:embolization)(operative) | 8 | 7 |
| EMBASE: Search 1 | ‘splenic injury’/exp OR ‘splenic injury’ AND (‘embolization’/exp OR embolization) AND operative | 90 | 46 |
| EMBASE: Search 2 | #1 AND ([adolescent]/lim OR [adult]/lim OR [young adult]/lim) | 46 | 26 |
| EMBASE: Search 3 | #2 AND (‘clinical article’/de OR ‘clinical trial’/de OR ‘comparative study’/de OR ‘controlled study‘/de OR ‘major clinical study‘/de OR ‘medical record review‘/de OR ‘multicenter study‘/de OR ‘observational study’/de OR ‘outcomes research’/de OR ‘prospective study’/de OR ‘retrospective study’/de) AND (‘article’/it OR ‘review’/it) | 26 | 21 |
| Web of Science | TOPIC: (splenic injury) AND TOPIC: (embolization) AND TOPIC: (operative) Timespan: All years. Indexes: SCI-EXPANDED, SSCI, A&HCI, CPCI-S, CPCI-SSH. |
91 | 45 |
| Cochrane Library | splenic injury embolization | 7 | 6 |
| Cochrane Library | splenic injury operative | 1 | 0 |
| Scopus | TITLE-ABS-KEY (splenic injury) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY (embolization) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY (operative) | 79 | 34 |
| Manual search from reference list of retrieved articles | Number in reference list - 1 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 18 - 24 - 30 - 38 - 41 - 42 - 51 Not selected - Hartnett KL, Winchell RJ, Clark DE (2003) Management of adult splenic injury: a 20-year perspective. Am Surg 69:608–611. - Upadhyaya P (2003) Conservative management of splenic trauma: history and current trends. Pediatr Surg Int 19:617–627. - Todd SR, Arthur M, Newgard C et al. (2004) Hospital factors associated with splenectomy for splenic injury: a national perspective. J Trauma 57:1065–1071. - Galvan DA, Peitzman AB (2006) Failure of nonoperative management of abdominal solid organ injuries. Curr Opin Crit Care 12:590–594. - Watson GA, Rosengart MR, Zenati MS et al. (2006) Nonoperative management of severe BSI: are we getting better? J Trauma 61:1113–1119. - Sclafani SJ, Shaftan GW, Scalea TM et al. (1995) Nonoperative salvage of computed tomography-diagnosed splenic injuries: utilization of angiography for triage and embolization for hemostasis. J Trauma 39:818–827. |
22 | 14 |
| TOTAL | 435 | 233 |