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Table 1 Search strategy for PubMed and Ovid-Embase

From: Arthroscopically assisted versus open reduction internal fixation for ankle fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Database

Search strategy

Search time

Number of identified study

PubMed

("ankle"[Title/Abstract] OR "distal fibula"[Title/Abstract] OR "distal tibia"[Title/Abstract] OR "bimalleolar"[Title/Abstract] OR "trimalleolar"[Title/Abstract] OR "malleolus"[Title/Abstract] OR "lateral malleolus"[Title/Abstract] OR "medial malleolus"[Title/Abstract]) AND "fracture" AND ("arthroscopy" OR "arthroscopic" OR "arthroscopically")

2023/1/6

363

Ovid-Embase

(ankle or distal fibula or distal tibia or bimalleolar or trimalleolar or malleolus or lateral malleolus or medial malleolus or ankle injur*).mp. and (fracture or fractures).mp. and (arthroscopy or arthroscopic or "arthroscopically").mp

2023/1/6

688