Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 3 Literature search strategy example—medline (OVID)® 1948 to date
# | Searches | Results | Search type |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nonoperative.mp. | 6,003 | Advanced |
2 | Non-operative.mp. | 2,368 | Advanced |
3 | Conservative.mp. | 64,268 | Advanced |
4 | 1 or 2 or 3 | 71,706 | Advanced |
5 | Exp Bone Nails/or exp Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary/or intramedullary.mp. | 18,654 | Advanced |
6 | 4 and 5 | 506 | Advanced |
7 | Clavicle.mp. or exp Clavicle/or clavicular.mp. or exp Clavicular/ | 6,448 | Advanced |
8 | 6 and 7 | 47 | Advanced |
9 | Limit 8 to English language | 29 | Advanced |
10 | Limit 9 to humans | 28 | Advanced |
11 | Limit 10 to last 10Â years | 21 | Advanced |
9 | Limit 11 to comparative study | 6 | Advanced |