Table 1.
Literature search strategy used for the study.
| Database | Period -from inception to 258h February 2022 with keywords | Results |
|---|---|---|
| MEDLINE (PubMed) | (((“distal"[All Fields] OR “distalization"[All Fields] OR “distalize"[All Fields] OR “distalized"[All Fields] OR “distalizer"[All Fields] OR “distalizers"[All Fields] OR “distalizes"[All Fields] OR “distalizing"[All Fields] OR “distally"[All Fields] OR “distals"[All Fields]) AND (“femoral fractures"[MeSH Terms] OR (“femoral"[All Fields] AND “fractures"[All Fields]) OR “femoral fractures"[All Fields] OR (“femur"[All Fields] AND “fracture"[All Fields]) OR “femur fracture"[All Fields])) OR (“supracondylar"[All Fields] AND (“femoral fractures"[MeSH Terms] OR (“femoral"[All Fields] AND “fractures"[All Fields]) OR “femoral fractures"[All Fields] OR (“femur"[All Fields] AND “fracture"[All Fields]) OR “femur fracture"[All Fields]))) AND ((“retrograde"[All Fields] OR “retrogradely"[All Fields]) AND (“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] OR “nail s"[All Fields] OR “nailed"[All Fields] OR “nailings"[All Fields] OR “nails"[MeSH Terms] OR “nails"[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 “plate s"[All Fields] OR “plated"[All Fields] OR “plates"[All Fields] OR “plating"[All Fields] OR “platings"[All Fields]) AND (“fixate"[All Fields] OR “fixated"[All Fields] OR “fixates"[All Fields] OR “fixating"[All Fields] OR “fixation"[All Fields] OR “fixational"[All Fields] OR “fixations"[All Fields] OR “fixator"[All Fields] OR “fixator s"[All Fields] OR “fixators"[All Fields])) | 130 |
| Embase | (('distal femur fracture' OR (supracondylar AND femur AND fracture)) AND ′locking plate fixation' OR ′locking compression plate') AND ′retrograde intramedullary nailing' OR ′retrograde nailing' | 290 |
| Scopus | (ALL(distal AND femur AND fracture) OR ALL (supracondylar AND femur AND fracture) AND ALL (locking AND plate AND fixation) OR ALL (locking AND compression AND plate AND fixation) AND ALL (retrograde AND nailing) OR ALL (retrograde AND intramedullary AND nailing)) | 753 |
| Cinahl | TX distal femur fracture OR TX supracondylar fracture femur AND TX locking plate fixation OR TX locking compression plate AND TX retrograde intramedullary nailing OR TX retrograde nailing | 432 |
| Cochrane Library | Cochrane Reviews matching distal femur fracture in All Text OR supracondylar femur fracture in All Text AND retrograde intramedullary nail in All Text OR retrograde nailing in All Text AND plate fixation in All Text - (Word variations have been searched) | 340 |
| Total | 1945 | |