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    Literature search strategy

    Databases

    Date searched

    Version/files

    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews – CDSR (Cochrane Library)

    30/09/2021

    Issue 9 of 11, September 2021

    Cochrane Central Database of Controlled Trials – CENTRAL (Cochrane Library)

    30/09/2021

    Issue 9 of 11, September 2021

    International HTA database

    30/09/2021

    -

    MEDLINE (Ovid)

    30/09/2021

    1946 to September 29, 2021

    MEDLINE In-Process (Ovid) & MEDLINE ePubs ahead of print (Ovid)

    30/09/2021

    1946 to September 29, 2021

    September 29, 2021

    EMBASE (Ovid)

    30/09/2021

    1974 to 2021 September 29

    Embase Conference (Ovid)

    30/09/2021

    1974 to 2021 September 29

    Trial sources searched

    • Clinicaltrials.gov

    • ISRCTN

    • WHO International Clinical Trials Registry

    Websites searched

    • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

    • NHS England

    • Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - MAUDE database

    • Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures – Surgical (ASERNIP – S)

    • Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network (ANZHSN)

    • General internet search

    The following search strategy was used to identify papers in MEDLINE. A similar strategy was used to identify papers in other databases.

    Literature search strategy

    Number

    Search term

    1

    Peripheral Arterial Disease/

    2

    Arteriosclerosis Obliterans/

    3

    Thromboangiitis Obliterans/

    4

    ((peripheral adj4 arterial adj4 diseas*) or (arterioscler* adj4 obliterans) or (thromboang* adj4 obliterans) or buerger*).tw.

    5

    (CLI or CLTI).tw.

    6

    exp Ischemia/ and Lower Extremity/

    7

    (Critical limb adj4 isch*).tw.

    8

    (desert adj4 foot).tw.

    9

    Aneurysm/ and Popliteal Artery/

    10

    ("Popliteal arter* aneurysm*" and thrombos* and distal).tw.

    11

    or/1-10

    12

    ((venous or vein*) adj4 arteriali?ation).tw.

    13

    ((venous or vein*) adj4 occlusion).tw.

    14

    Arteriovenous Fistula/

    15

    (Arterio-venous fistula or arteriovenous fistula or AVF).tw.

    16

    (("In situ" adj4 reverse* adj4 arterial*) or ISRA).tw.

    17

    (("In situ" or reverse*) adj4 (GSV or great* saphenous vein*)).tw.

    18

    Saphenous Vein/

    19

    ("In situ" or reverse*).tw.

    20

    18 and 19

    21

    (Limb* adj4 (sparing or spare or save or saving or salvage) adj4 (technique* or method* or procedure*)).tw.

    22

    exp vascular surgical procedures/ or exp endovascular procedures/

    23

    (hybrid adj4 (technique* or method* or procedure*)).tw.

    24

    22 and 23

    25

    (hybrid adj4 (vascular or endovascular) adj4 (technique* or method* or procedure*)).tw.

    26

    12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 20 or 21 or 24 or 25

    27

    11 and 26

    28

    (Selective adj4 (arterio-venous or arteriovenous) adj4 endoluminal switch).tw.

    29

    Animals/ not Humans/

    30

    27 or 28

    31

    30 not 29

    32

    limit 31 to english language