Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CRSO)

1 MESH DESCRIPTOR Bariatric Surgery 2 MESH DESCRIPTOR Obesity, Morbid WITH QUALIFIERS SU [surgery] 3 MESH DESCRIPTOR Obesity WITH QUALIFIERS SU [surgery] 4 MESH DESCRIPTOR Gastrectomy 5 MESH DESCRIPTOR Gastric Bypass 6 gastrectom*:TI,AB,KY 7 (gastr* ADJ3 (bypass OR sleeve)):TI,AB,KY 8 ((bariatr* OR obes*) ADJ3 surg*):TI,AB,KY 9 #1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6 OR #7 OR #8 10 MESH DESCRIPTOR Surgical Stapling 11 MESH DESCRIPTOR Fibrin Tissue Adhesive 12 MESH DESCRIPTOR Absorbable Implants 13 MESH DESCRIPTOR Suture Techniques 14 MESH DESCRIPTOR Tissue Adhesives 15 MESH DESCRIPTOR Coated Materials, Biocompatible 16 stapl*:TI,AB,KY 17 reinforc*:TI,AB,KY 18 sutur*:TI,AB,KY 19 buttress*:TI,AB,KY 20 fibrin*:TI,AB,KY 21 (oversew* OR overstich*):TI,AB,KY 22 seal*:TI,AB,KY 23 #10 OR #11 OR #12 OR #13 OR #14 OR #15 OR #16 OR #17 OR #18 OR #19 OR #20 OR #21 OR #22 24 #9 AND #23

MEDLINE (Ovid SP)

1 Bariatric Surgery/ 2 Obesity, Morbid/su [Surgery] 3 Obesity/su [Surgery] 4 Gastrectomy/ 5 Gastric Bypass/ 6 gastrectom*.tw. 7 (gastr* adj3 (bypass or sleeve)).tw. 8 ((bariatr* or obes*) adj3 surg*).tw. 9 or/1‐8 10 Surgical Stapling/ 11 Fibrin Tissue Adhesive/ 12 Absorbable Implants/ 13 Suture Techniques/ 14 Tissue Adhesives/ 15 Coated Materials, Biocompatible/ 16 stapl*.tw. 17 reinforc*.tw. 18 sutur*.tw. 19 buttress*.tw. 20 fibrin*.tw. 21 (oversew* or overstich*).tw. 22 seal*.tw. 23 or/10‐22 24 9 and 23 [25‐34: Cochrane Handbook 2008 RCT filter ‐ sensitivity max. version – without "drug therapy.fs"] 25 randomized controlled trial.pt. 26 controlled clinical trial.pt. 27 randomi?ed.ab. 28 placebo.ab. 29 randomly.ab. 30 trial.ab. 31 groups.ab. 32 or/25‐31 33 exp animals/ not humans/ 34 32 not 33 35 24 and 34 [36‐39: Wong 2006b – systematic reviews filter – SensSpec version] 36 meta analysis.mp,pt. 37 review.pt. 38 search*.tw. 39 or/36‐38 40 24 and 39 41 35 or 40

EMBASE (Ovid SP)

1 bariatric surgery/ 2 sleeve gastrectomy/ 3 stomach bypass/ 4 gastrectom*.tw. 5 (gastr* adj3 (bypass or sleeve)).tw. 6 ((bariatr* or obes*) adj3 surg*).tw. 7 or/1‐6 8 surgical stapling/ 9 fibrin glue/ 10 biodegradable implant/ 11 suturing method/ 12 tissue adhesive/ 13 biomaterial/ 14 stapl*.tw. 15 reinforc*.tw. 16 sutur*.tw. 17 buttress*.tw. 18 fibrin*.tw. 19 (oversew* or overstich*).tw. 20 seal*.tw. 21 or/8‐20 22 7 and 21 [23: Wong 2006a "sound treatment studies" filter ‐ SDSSGS version] 23 random*.tw. or clinical trial*.mp. or exp treatment outcome/ 24 22 and 23 25 limit 24 to embase

LILACS (iAHx)

(MH:"Bariatric Surgery" OR MH:"Obesity, Morbid/su" OR MH:"Obesity/su" OR MH:"Gastrectomy" OR MH:"Gastric Bypass" OR gastrectom$ OR (gastr$ AND (bypass OR sleeve OR manga OR tubul$)) OR ((bariatr$ OR obes$) AND (surg$ OR ciru$))) AND (MH:"Surgical Stapling" OR MH:"Fibrin Tissue Adhesive" OR MH:"Absorbable Implants" OR MH:"Suture Techniques" OR MH:"Tissue Adhesives" OR MH:"Coated Materials, Biocompatible" OR stapl$ OR reinforc$ OR reforc$ OR reforz$ OR sutur$ OR buttress$ OR fibrin$ OR oversew$ OR seal$ OR sella$ OR sello$ OR sela$ OR selo$ OR adhesiv$ OR adesiv$ OR grampea$ OR engrapa$ OR grapa$) + Filter "Controlled Clinical Trial"

ICTRP Search Portal (Standard search)

bariatric AND stapl* OR bariatric AND fibrin* OR bariatric AND adhesiv* OR bariatric AND sutur* OR bariatric AND reinforc* OR bariatric AND buttress* OR bariatric AND oversew* OR bariatric AND overstich* OR bariatric AND sealant* OR bariatric AND tachosil* OR bariatric AND seamguard* OR bariatric AND absorbable* OR bariatric AND bioabsorbable* OR gastr* AND stapl* OR gastr* AND fibrin* OR gastr* AND adhesiv* OR gastr* AND sutur* OR gastr* AND reinforc* OR gastr* AND buttress* OR gastr* AND oversew* OR gastr* AND overstich* OR gastr* AND sealant* OR gastr* AND tachosil* OR gastr* AND seamguard* OR gastr* AND absorbable* OR gastr* AND bioabsorbable*

ClinicalTrials.gov (Advanced search)

( bariatric OR gastrectomy OR "gastric bypass" OR "gastric sleeve" OR "obesity surgery" ) AND ( stapling OR staple OR stapler OR fibrin OR "tissue adhesive" OR "tissue adhesives" OR absorbable OR bioabsorbable OR suture OR suturing OR reinforcing OR reinforcement OR buttress OR buttressing OR oversew OR oversewing OR overstich OR sealant OR tachosil OR seamguard) AND INFLECT EXACT ( "Adult" OR "Senior" ) [AGE‐GROUP]