Interventional procedure overview of YAG laser vitreolysis for symptomatic vitreous floaters
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Literature search strategy
Databases | Date searched | Version/files |
|---|---|---|
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews – CDSR (Cochrane Library) | 22/12/2021 | Issue 12 of 12, December 2021 |
Cochrane Central Database of Controlled Trials – CENTRAL (Cochrane Library) | 22/12/2021 | Issue 12 of 12, December 2021 |
International HTA database | 22/12/2021 | - |
MEDLINE (Ovid) | 22/12/2021 | 1946 to December 21, 2021 |
MEDLINE In-Process (Ovid) & MEDLINE ePubs ahead of print (Ovid) | 22/12/2021 | 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.
Number | Search term |
|---|---|
1 | Eye diseases/ or Vision Disorders/ |
2 | Vitreous Body/ |
3 | 1 and 2 |
4 | (vitre* adj4 (opacit* or degenerat* or disorder* or disease* or disab* or impair* or abnormal* or disturb*)).tw. |
5 | (floater* or musca* volitan*).tw. |
6 | Vitreous Detachment/ |
7 | (vitre* detach* or PVD).tw. |
8 | (Weiss* ring* or Martegiani* ring*).tw. |
9 | or/3-8 |
10 | Laser Therapy/ or Lasers, Solid-State/ or Lasers/ |
11 | (YAG* or Neodymium-YAG* or Nd:YAG* or Nd-YAG* or yttrium alumin?um garnet).tw. |
12 | (laser* adj4 (therap* or surg* or treatment* or procedur* or operat* or cut* or non-thermal* or pulse* or solid-state* or q-switched or ablat* or photoablat* or knife or knives or scalpel*)).tw. |
13 | (vapori* or vapouri*).tw. |
14 | Vitreolysis.tw. |
15 | or/10-14 |
16 | Tango Reflex*.tw. |
17 | Ultra Q Reflex*.tw. |
18 | 16 or 17 |
19 | 9 and 15 |
20 | 18 or 19 |
21 | animals/ not humans/ |
22 | 20 not 21 |
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