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. 2021 May 28;100(21):e25892. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000025892

Table 1.

Search strategy used in PubMed database.

Order Search items
#1 (((((((Erectile Dysfunction[MeSH Terms]) OR (Dysfunction, Erectile)) OR (Male Sexual Impotence)) OR (Impotence, Male Sexual)) OR (Sexual Impotence, Male)) OR (Male Impotence)) OR (Impotence, Male)) OR (Impotence)
#2 ((((((((((((((((Acupuncture[MeSH Terms]) OR (Pharmacopuncture)) OR (Acupuncture Therapy)) OR (Electroacupuncture)) OR (Manual Acupuncture)) OR (Dry Needle)) OR ((Moxibustion[MeSH Terms]) OR (moxibustion))) OR (Acupuncture, Ear[MeSH Terms])) OR (acupuncture, Ear)) OR (ear acupuncture)) OR (Auricular Acupuncture)) OR (Ear Acupuncture)) OR (Acupuncture, Auricular)) OR (acupuncture, Auricular)) OR (auricular acupuncture)) OR (Warm Acupuncture)) OR (Elongated Needle)
#3 randomized controlled trial[Publication Type] OR randomized[Title/Abstract] OR placebo[Title/Abstract]
#4 #1 AND #2 AND #3