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Table 1 Medline (Ovid) search table

From: Evidence-based gynecological practice—clinical review 2: Surgery for pain in endometriosis. What is the evidence?

 

 

Search word

Hits

Population

1

exp Endometriosis/

12091

2

endometrio$.mp.

16493

3

1 or 2

16493

Intervention

4

exp Surgery/

26648

5

exp Gynecologic Surgical Procedures/

47820

6

exp Laparoscopy/

43617

7

exp Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive/

186780

8

exp Surgical Procedures, Operative/

1712612

9

exp Electrocoagulation/

19657

10

exp Catheter ablation/

11077

11

(minimal$ adj2 invasiv$).mp.

20337

12

(resect$ adj5 endometrio$).mp.

185

13

(ablat$ adj5 endometrio$).mp.

55

14

(remov$ adj5 endometrio$).mp.

122

15

(diathermy$ adj5 endometrio$).mp.

9

16

(cauter$ adj5 endometrio$).mp.

8

17

(laser adj5 endometrio$).mp.

118

18

(Denervation adj5 uter$).mp.

35

19

uterine nerve ablation.mp.

21

20

presacral neurectomy.mp.

65

21

or/4-20

1749600

Outcome

22

exp Pain/

219369

23

exp Pelvic Pain/

4255

24

exp Dysmenorrhea/

2361

25

dysmenorrh$.mp.

3364

26

painful menstruat$.mp.

31

27

exp Dyspareunia/

923

28

exp "Quality of Life"/

65164

29

exp Questionnaires/

172204

30

exp treatment outcome/

333941

31

or/22-30

735954

32

3 and 21 and 31

1062

33

limit 32 to (English language and female and humans and ("adolescent (13 to 18 years)" or "adult (19 to 44 years)"))

610

34

limit 33 to (addresses or bibliography or biography or case reports or comment or dictionary or directory or editorial or historical article or in vitro or interview or legal cases or legislation or letter or news or newspaper article or patient education handout)

158

35

33 not 34

452

Study design

36

exp Randomized Controlled Trial/

246332

37

exp Controlled Clinical Trial/

76168

38

exp Random Allocation/

59709

39

exp Double-Blind Method/

94724

40

exp Single-Blind Method/

11622

41

exp clinical trial/

524006

42

exp Placebos/

26640

43

exp principal component analysis/

3107

44

exp statistics, nonparametric/

34202

45

or/36-44

605883

46

35 and 45

81