Table 3.

Search strategy.

Database	Period: Inception to July 21, 2020	Results
PubMed ((((((“venous thrombosis" [MeSH Terms] OR (“venous" [All Fields] AND “thrombosis" [All Fields])) OR “venous thrombosis" [All Fields]) OR ((“deep" [All Fields] AND “vein" [All Fields]) AND “thrombosis" [All Fields])) OR “deep vein thrombosis" [All Fields]) OR ((“pulmonary embolism" [MeSH Terms] OR (“pulmonary" [All Fields] AND “embolism" [All Fields])) OR “pulmonary embolism" [All Fields])) OR ((“venous thromboembolism" [MeSH Terms] OR (“venous" [All Fields] AND “thromboembolism" [All Fields])) OR “venous thromboembolism" [All Fields])) AND (((“pelvi-acetabular" [All Fields] AND (((((((“injuries" [MeSH Subheading] OR “injuries" [All Fields]) OR “trauma" [All Fields]) OR “wounds and injuries" [MeSH Terms]) OR (“wounds" [All Fields] AND “injuries" [All Fields])) OR “wounds and injuries" [All Fields]) OR “trauma s" [All Fields]) OR “traumas" [All Fields])) OR ((((“pelvics" [All Fields] OR “pelvis" [MeSH Terms]) OR “pelvis" [All Fields]) OR “pelvic" [All Fields]) AND (((((((((((“injurie" [All Fields] OR “injured" [All Fields]) OR “injuries" [MeSH Subheading]) OR “injuries" [All Fields]) OR “wounds and injuries" [MeSH Terms]) OR (“wounds" [All Fields] AND “injuries" [All Fields])) OR “wounds and injuries" [All Fields]) OR “injurious" [All Fields]) OR “injury s" [All Fields]) OR “injured" [All Fields]) OR “injurys" [All Fields]) OR “injury" [All Fields]))) OR ((((“pelvics" [All Fields] OR “pelvis" [MeSH Terms]) OR “pelvis" [All Fields]) OR “pelvic" [All Fields]) AND (((((((((“fractur" [All Fields] OR “fractural" [All Fields]) OR “fracture s" [All Fields]) OR “fractures, bone" [MeSH Terms]) OR (“fractures" [All Fields] AND “bone" [All Fields])) OR “bone fractures" [All Fields]) OR “fracture" [All Fields]) OR “fractured" [All Fields]) OR “fractures" [All Fields]) OR “fracturing" [All Fields])))		534
Embase venous AND (‘thromboembolism’/exp OR thromboembolism) AND in AND (‘pelvic’/exp OR pelvic) AND (‘fractures’/exp OR fractures)		221
Scopus TITLE-ABS-KEY (venous AND thromboembolism) (pelvic AND fractures)		409