DIEP TRAM Breast Reconstruction Systematic Review Search Strategy

Search Methods for Identification of Studies: To identify studies to include or consider for this systematic review, the review team worked with a librarian to develop detailed search strategies for each database. The search was developed for PubMed (NLM) and was translated to Embase (Elsevier), Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), CINAHL (EBSCOHost) and Cochrane Central (Wiley) using a combination of keywords and subject headings. A grey literature search included ClinicalTrials.gov and the Zetoc research database. The search included no major limits or date restrictions. The final search was completed on May 13, 2021. The full search details are provided in Appendix(___). PubMed (NLM) from inception to 5/13/21 (5,389 Results) Embase (Elsevier) from inception to 5/13/21 (4,577 Results) Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics) from inception to 5/13/21 (3458 Results) CINAHL (EBSCOHost) from inception to 5/13/21 (423 Results) Cochrane Central (Wiley) from inception to 5/13/21 (181 Results) Clinicaltrials.gov from inception to 5/13/21 (74 Results) Zetoc from inception to 5/13/21 (98 Results) The search resulted in 14,200 studies (172 from grey literature sources). 5,945 duplicate studies were found and omitted using Endnote 20 for the deduplication of records and 8,255 references were eligible to screen. Studies were screened by title and abstract by two blinded and independent reviewers. If a tiebreaker was needed, a third reviewer was called in. This process was repeated for full text article screening and article selection.