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. 2018 Nov;6(22):441. doi: 10.21037/atm.2018.10.48

Table S1. Detailed search strategy in PubMed and Embase, and The Cochrane Library.

Search Query Items found
Source: PubMed; searched on: Aug 10, 2018; results: 266
   #1 Search spine[Title] 33,254
   #2 Search spinal[Title] 116,580
   #3 Search vertebrae[Title] 2,931
   #4 Search vertebral[Title] 19,775
   #5 Search cervical[Title] 96,827
   #6 Search Lumbar[Title] 36,165
   #7 Search thoracic[Title] 45,623
   #8 Search sacral[Title] 5,639
   #9 Search pedicle[Title] 6,641
   #10 Search (#1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #7 OR #8 OR #9) 323,321
   #11 Search “hospital volumes”[Title/Abstract] 133
   #12 Search “surgeon volumes”[Title/Abstract] 75
   #13 Search “provider volumes”[Title/Abstract] 25
   #14 Search “hospital volume”[Title/Abstract] 1,565
   #15 Search “surgeon volume”[Title/Abstract] 753
   #16 Search “provider volume”[Title/Abstract] 137
   #17 Search “regionalization”[Title/Abstract] 2,605
   #18 Search “regionalisation”[Title/Abstract] 266
   #19 Search “Workload”[Title/Abstract] 21,197
   #20 Search ((#11 OR #12 OR #13 OR #14 OR #15 OR #16 OR #17 OR #18 OR #19)) 26,142
   #21 Search (#10 AND #20) 266
Source: Embase; searched on: Aug 10, 2018; results: 370
   #1 spine:ti 40,879
   #2 vertebrae:ti 3,115
   #3 vertebral:ti 25,124
   #4 spinal:ti 139,404
   #5 cervical:ti 120,270
   #6 lumbar:ti 44,142
   #7 thoracic:ti 54,830
   #8 sacral:ti 7,489
   #9 pedicle:ti 7,811
   #10 #1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #7 OR #8 OR #9 394,810
   #11 “hospital volumes”:ab,ti 199
   #12 “surgeon volumes”:ab,ti 107
   #13 “provider volumes”:ab,ti 29
   #14 “hospital volume”:ab,ti 2,238
   #15 “surgeon volume”:ab,ti 1,050
   #16 “provider volume”:ab,ti 184
   #17 “regionalization”:ab,ti 3,092
   #18 “regionalisation”:ab,ti 337
   #19 “Workload”:ab,ti 28,784
   #20 #11 OR #12 OR #13 OR #14 OR #15 OR #16 OR #17 OR #18 OR #19 35,227
   #21 #10 AND #20 370
Source: The Cochrane Library; searched on: Aug 10, 2018; results: 71
   #1 spine:ti,ab,kw 11,001
   #2 vertebrae:ti,ab,kw 4,866
   #3 vertebral:ti,ab,kw 3,320
   #4 spinal:ti,ab,kw 19,384
   #5 cervical:ti,ab,kw 13,736
   #6 lumbar:ti,ab,kw 11,616
   #7 thoracic:ti,ab,kw 10,442
   #8 sacral:ti,ab,kw 896
   #9 pedicle:ti,ab,kw 841
   #10 #1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #7 OR #8 OR #9 52,195
   #11 “hospital volumes”:ti,ab,kw 2
   #12 “surgeon volumes”:ti,ab,kw 2
   #13 “provider volumes”:ti,ab,kw 1
   #14 “hospital volume”:ti,ab,kw 59
   #15 “surgeon volume”:ti,ab,kw 32
   #16 “provider volume”:ti,ab,kw 3
   #17 “regionalization”:ti,ab,kw 25
   #18 “regionalisation”:ti,ab,kw 25
   #19 “Workload”:ti,ab,kw 2,705
   #20 #11 OR #12 OR #13 OR #14 OR #15 OR #16 OR #17 OR #18 OR #19 2,807
   #21 #10 AND #20 71