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Table 1 Search strategy for each database

From: Comparison of short-term clinical outcomes between robot-assisted and freehand pedicle screw placement in spine surgery: a meta-analysis and systematic review

Database

Search strategy

Pubmed

("Robotics"[MeSH Terms] OR "robot"[All Fields] OR "robotics"[All Fields] OR" robotic"[All Fields]) AND ("pedicle screws"[MeSH Terms] OR "pedicle"[All Fields] OR "screws"[All Fields] OR "pedicle screws"[All Fields] OR "bone screws"[MeSH Terms] OR "bone screw" [All Fields] OR "traditional trajectory screw"[All Fields] OR "spine"[MeSH Terms] OR "spine"[All Fields] OR "Vertebral Column"[All Fields] OR "Vertebral Columns"[All Fields] OR "Spinal Column"[All Fields] OR "Spinal Columns"[All Fields] OR "Vertebra"[All Fields] OR "Vertebrae"[All Fields])

Embase

#1: "pedicle screws" OR "Pedicle Screw" OR "Zygapophyseal Joint" OR "Zygapophyseal Joints" OR "Facet Joint" OR "Facet Joints" OR "Vertebral Column" OR "Vertebral Columns" OR "Spinal Column" OR "Spinal Columns" OR "Spine" OR "Vertebra" OR "Vertebrae" OR "bone screws"

#2: "Robotics" OR "robot" OR "robotics" OR" robotic"

#3 #1 AND #2

Cochrane library

#1 "pedicle screws" OR "Pedicle Screw" OR "Vertebral Column" OR "Vertebral Columns" OR "Spinal Column" OR "Spinal Columns" OR "Spine" OR "Vertebra" OR "Vertebrae"

#2 "robot" OR "robotics" OR "robotic"

#3 #1 AND #2

Web of Science

#1 pedicle screws OR Pedicle Screw OR Vertebral Column OR Vertebral Columns OR Spinal Column OR Spinal Columns OR Spine OR Vertebra OR Vertebrae

#2 robot OR robotics OR robotic

#3 #1 AND #2