Table 3.
PubMed search 21 December 2015
| PubMed search 21 December 2015 | N | |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | ‘Colectomy’[Mesh:NoExp] OR colectom*[tiab] OR hemicolectom*[tiab] OR colon resection*[tiab] OR colorectal resection*[tiab] OR large bowel resection*[tiab] | 21,875 |
| #2 | ‘Anastomosis, Surgical’[Mesh:NoExp] OR anastom*[tiab] | 80,578 |
| #3 | intracorpo*[tiab] OR intra-corpo*[tiab] OR intra-abdom*[tiab] OR intraabdom*[tiab] OR ICA[tiab] OR extracorpo*[tiab] OR extra-corpo*[tiab] OR extra-abdom*[tiab] OR extraabdom*[tiab] OR ECA[tiab] | 71,900 |
| #4 | ((‘Laparoscopy’[Mesh:NoExp] OR laparoscop*[tiab]) AND (total*[tiab] OR assisted[tiab])) | 24,110 |
| #5 | #2 AND #3 | 2756 |
| #6 | #4 or #5 | 26,407 |
| #7 | #1 AND #6 | 1990 |