Table 4.
Search strategy across online databases
| Medline | Embase | PubMed |
|---|---|---|
| Strategy | Strategy | Strategy |
| 1. exp anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction/or exp anterior cruciate ligament/or ACL.mp. | 1. exp anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction/or exp anterior cruciate ligament/or ACL.mp. | ((“2017/2/27”[Date - Publication]: “3000”[Date - Publication])) AND (((((ACL) OR Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction [MESH]) OR Anterior cruciate ligament [MESH])) AND (((slope) OR revision) OR Osteotomy)) |
| 2. exp. osteotomy/or osteotomy.mp. | 2. exp. osteotomy/or osteotomy.mp. | |
| 3. revision.mp. | 3. revision.mp. | |
| 4. slope.mp. | 4. slope.mp. | |
| 5.2 or 3 or 4 | 5.2 or 3 or 4 | |
| 6.1 and 5 | 6.1 and 5 | |
| 7. Limit 6 to human | 7. Limit 6 to human | |
| Retrieved: 1095 studies | Retrieved: 1616 studies | Retrieved: 247 studies |