Table 1.
Search Methodology
| DATABASE | DATE: 14 July 2019 | RESULTS |
|---|---|---|
| PUBMED | ((distal[All Fields] AND ("femur"[MeSH Terms] OR "femur"[All Fields]) AND ("fractures, bone"[MeSH Terms] OR ("fractures"[All Fields] AND "bone"[All Fields]) OR "bone fractures"[All Fields] OR "fracture"[All Fields])) AND English[lang]) AND English[lang] | 2720 |
| (distal[All Fields] AND ("femur"[MeSH Terms] OR "femur"[All Fields]) AND ("fractures, bone"[MeSH Terms] OR ("fractures"[All Fields] AND "bone"[All Fields]) OR "bone fractures"[All Fields] OR "fracture"[All Fields])) AND ("intramedullary fixation"[All Fields] OR ("nails"[MeSH Terms] OR "nails"[All Fields] OR "nail"[All Fields]) OR ("fracture fixation, intramedullary"[MeSH Terms] OR ("fracture"[All Fields] AND "fixation"[All Fields] AND "intramedullary"[All Fields]) OR "intramedullary fracture fixation"[All Fields] OR "nailing"[All Fields])) AND English[lang] | 743 | |
| (((distal[All Fields] AND ("femur"[MeSH Terms] OR "femur"[All Fields])) AND ("fractures, bone"[MeSH Terms] OR ("fractures"[All Fields] AND "bone"[All Fields]) OR "bone fractures"[All Fields] OR "fracture"[All Fields])) AND ("intramedullary fixation"[All Fields] OR ("nails"[MeSH Terms] OR "nails"[All Fields] OR "nail"[All Fields]) OR ("fracture fixation, intramedullary"[MeSH Terms] OR ("fracture"[All Fields] AND "fixation"[All Fields] AND "intramedullary"[All Fields]) OR "intramedullary fracture fixation"[All Fields] OR "nailing"[All Fields]))) AND (("bone plates"[MeSH Terms] OR ("bone"[All Fields] AND "plates"[All Fields]) OR "bone plates"[All Fields] OR "plate"[All Fields]) OR plating[All Fields]) AND English[lang] | 227 | |
| SCOPUS | TITLE-ABS-KEY ( ( distal AND femur AND fracture ) AND ( intramedullary AND fixation OR nail OR nailing ) AND ( plate OR plating ) ) AND ( LIMIT-TO ( LANGUAGE , "English" ) ) | 329 |
| EMBASE | distal AND femur AND fracture AND ('intramedullary fixation' OR nail OR 'intramedullary nailing') AND (plate OR plating) AND [english]/lim | 330 |
| OVID MEDLINE | (distal and femur and fracture and ("intramedullary fixation" or nail or nailing) and (plate or plating)).af. (After English filter) | 161 |