Interventional procedure overview of percutaneous ultrasound-guided microwave ablation for symptomatic benign thyroid nodules
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Literature search strategy
Databases | Date searched | Version/files |
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews – CDSR (Cochrane) | 22/12/2021 | Issue 12 of 12, December 2021 |
Cochrane Central Database of Controlled Trials – CENTRAL (Cochrane) | 22/12/2021 | Issue 12 of 12, December 2021 |
International HTA database (INAHTA) | 22/12/2021 | - |
MEDLINE (Ovid) | 22/12/2021 | 1946 to December 21, 2021 |
MEDLINE In-Process (Ovid) | 22/12/2021 | 1946 to December 21, 2021 |
MEDLINE Epubs ahead of print (Ovid) | 22/12/2021 | 1946 to December 21, 2021 |
EMBASE (Ovid) | 22/12/2021 | 1974 to 2021 December 21 |
EMBASE Conference (Ovid) | 22/12/2021 | 1974 to 2021 December 21 |
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 | Thyroid Nodule/ |
2 | Thyroid Diseases/ |
3 | (Thyroid* adj4 (nodul* or adenom* or cyst* or diseas* or lump* or tumor* or tumour*)).tw. |
4 | AFTN.tw. |
5 | BTNs.tw. |
6 | exp Goiter/ |
7 | (goitre* or goiter*).tw. |
8 | or/1-7 |
9 | (benign or benignant or harmless or non-malignant or non-cancerous).tw. |
10 | 8 and 9 |
11 | Radiofrequency Ablation/ |
12 | Catheter Ablation/ |
13 | ((radiofrequen* or radio-frequen* or radio frequen* or rf) adj4 ablat*).tw. |
14 | (Radio* adj4 frequen* adj4 ablat*).tw. |
15 | RFA.tw. |
16 | ((catheter* or needle* or electrode* or heat* or (transvenous adj1 electric*)) adj4 ablat*).tw. |
17 | Ablation Techniques/ |
18 | (percutan* adj4 ablat*).tw. |
19 | Microwaves/ |
20 | MWA.tw. |
21 | (Microwave* adj4 ablat*).tw. |
22 | ultrasound guided.tw. |
23 | or/11-22 |
24 | 10 and 23 |
25 | TATO.tw. |
26 | Thermal Ablation Treatments for Oncology.tw. |
27 | 25 or 26 |
28 | 24 or 27 |
29 | animals/ not humans/ |
30 | 28 not 29 |
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