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    Interventional procedure overview of radiofrequency ablation as an adjunct to balloon kyphoplasty or percutaneous vertebroplasty for palliation of painful spinal metastases

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    Literature search strategy

    Databases

    Date searched

    Version/files

    MEDLINE (Ovid)

    15/08/22

    1946 to August 12, 2022

    MEDLINE In-Process (Ovid)

    15/08/22

    1946 to August 12, 2022

    MEDLINE Epubs ahead of print (Ovid)

    15/08/22

    August 12, 2022

    EMBASE (Ovid)

    15/08/22

    1974 to August 12, 2022

    EMBASE Conference (Ovid)

    15/08/22

    1974 to August 12, 2022

    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews – CDSR (Cochrane Library)

    15/08/22

    Issue 8 of 12, August 2022

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

    15/08/22

    Issue 7 of 12, July 2022

    International HTA database (INAHTA)

    15/08/22

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

    Medline search strategy

    Number

    Search term

    1

    Catheter Ablation/

    2

    (Catheter* adj4 Ablat*).tw.

    3

    ((needle* or electrode* or heat*) adj4 ablat*).tw.

    4

    exp Radiofrequency Ablation/

    5

    (Radiofrequen* adj4 (ablat* or therap* or treatment* or intervent* or program* or procedure*)).tw.

    6

    (Radio-frequen* adj4 (ablat* or therap* or treatment* or intervent* or program* or procedure*)).tw.

    7

    (rf adj4 ablat*).tw.

    8

    RFA.tw.

    9

    target* radiofreq* ablat*.tw.

    10

    t-rfa.tw.

    11

    (radio* adj4 frequen* adj4 ablat*).tw.

    12

    or/1-11

    13

    exp Spinal Neoplasms/

    14

    ((spine* or spina* or vertebra* or lumbar*) adj4 (neoplasm* or cancer* or carcinoma* or adenocarcinoma* or tumour* or tumor* or malignan* or dysplasia* or disease* or lesion* or metasta*)).tw.

    15

    exp Spinal Cord Neoplasms/

    16

    ((spine* or spina* or vertebra* or lumbar*) adj4 cord* adj4 (neoplasm* or cancer* or carcinoma* or adenocarcinoma* or tumour* or tumor* or malignan* or dysplasia* or disease* or lesion* or metasta*)).tw.

    17

    (thoracolumb* adj4 (spine* or spina* or vertebra* or lumbar*)).tw.

    18

    osseous metastatic disease.tw.

    19

    Bone Neoplasms/

    20

    ((bone* or osseous*) adj4 (neoplasm* or cancer* or carcinoma* or adenocarcinoma* or tumour* or tumor* or malignan* or dysplasia* or disease* or lesion* or metasta* or osteoma*)).tw.

    21

    (vertebral adj4 tumor*).tw.

    22

    (Radio adj4 resistan* adj4 (neoplasm* or cancer* or carcinoma* or adenocarcinoma* or tumour* or tumor* or malignan* or dysplasia* or disease* or lesion* or metasta* or osteoma*)).tw.

    23

    or/13-22

    24

    exp Neoplasm Metastasis/

    25

    metastas*.tw.

    26

    (secondar* adj4 (neoplasm* or cancer* or carcinoma* or adenocarcinoma* or tumour* or tumor* or malignan* or dysplasis* or disease* or lesion* or metasta*)).tw.

    27

    or/24-26

    28

    23 and 27

    29

    CAVITY spineWand.tw.

    30

    cool-tip RF ablation system.tw.

    31

    osteoCool RF spinal tumor ablation.tw.

    32

    STAR tumor ablation.tw.

    33

    Radioion* system.tw.

    34

    RITA medical system.tw.

    35

    celonpro power system.tw.

    36

    celon* power system.tw.

    37

    or/29-36

    38

    12 and 28

    39

    37 or 38

    40

    Animals/ not Humans/

    41

    39 not 40

    42

    limit 41 to ed=20220815