Search Strings. Search strings were developed by a medical librarian and the resultant abstracts/manuscripts reviewed for inclusion.
Search for Randomized Trials (therapy)
Search ((((((((("Skull Fractures/surgery"[Majr]) OR "Head Injuries, Penetrating/surgery"[Majr])) NOT (("Animals"[Mesh]) NOT (("Animals"[Mesh]) AND "Humans"[Mesh]))) NOT ((((((("Letter"[Publication Type]) OR "News"[Publication Type]) OR "Patient Education Handout"[Publication Type]) OR "Comment"[Publication Type]) OR "Editorial"[Publication Type])) OR "Newspaper Article"[Publication Type]))) AND ("2000"[Date - Entrez] : "3000"[Date - Entrez])) AND English[lang])) AND ("Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic"[Mesh] OR
(((((random*[Title/Abstract]) AND control*[Title/Abstract]) AND trial*[Title/Abstract])) OR "Randomized Controlled Trial"[Publication Type:noexp])) Filters: English
Search for Observational Studies (harms)
Search ((((((((("Skull Fractures/surgery"[Majr]) OR "Head Injuries, Penetrating/surgery"[Majr])) NOT (("Animals"[Mesh]) NOT (("Animals"[Mesh]) AND "Humans"[Mesh]))) NOT ((((((("Letter"[Publication Type]) OR "News"[Publication Type]) OR "Patient Education Handout"[Publication Type]) OR "Comment"[Publication Type]) OR "Editorial"[Publication Type])) OR "Newspaper Article"[Publication Type]))) AND ("2000"[Date - Entrez] : "3000"[Date - Entrez])) AND English[lang])) AND (((multivar*[Title/Abstract]) OR "Multivariate Analysis"[Mesh]) OR adjust*[Title/Abstract]) Filters: English
Search for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis
((((((((("Skull Fractures/surgery"[Majr]) OR "Head Injuries, Penetrating/surgery"[Majr])) NOT (("Animals"[Mesh]) NOT (("Animals"[Mesh]) AND
"Humans"[Mesh]))) NOT ((((((("Letter"[Publication Type]) OR "News"[Publication Type]) OR "Patient Education Handout"[Publication Type]) OR
"Comment"[Publication Type]) OR "Editorial"[Publication Type])) OR "Newspaper Article"[Publication Type]))) AND ("2000"[Date - Entrez] :
"3000"[Date - Entrez])) AND English[lang])) AND ((((((((meta-analysis[Title/Abstract]) OR meta-analyses[Title/Abstract]) OR
metaanalysis[Title/Abstract]) OR metaanalyses[Title/Abstract])) OR "Meta-Analysis"[Publication Type]) OR "Meta-Analysis as Topic"[Mesh]) OR
"The Cochrane database of systematic reviews"[Journal]) Filters: English Search for Guidelines
Search (((((("Skull Fractures/surgery"[Majr]) OR "Head Injuries, Penetrating/surgery"[Majr])) AND ("2000"[Date - Entrez] : "3000"[Date - Entrez])) AND English[lang])) AND (((((((((((((((((((((((("Guideline"[Publication Type]) OR "Practice Guideline"[Publication Type])) OR "Consensus
Development Conference"[Publication Type]) OR "Consensus Development Conference, NIH"[Publication Type]) OR "Practice
Guideline"[Publication Type]) OR "Guideline"[Publication Type]) OR ((clinical[Title]) AND guideline*[Title])) OR (((clinical*[Title]) AND guide*[Title]) AND manage*[Title])) OR ((best[Title]) AND practice*[Title])) OR ((evidence[Title]) AND synthes*[Title])) OR ((consensus[Title]) AND
develop*[Title])) OR ((practice[Title]) AND guideline*[Title])) OR (("evidence based"[Title]) AND guideline*[Title])) OR ((consensus[Title]) AND statement*[Title])) OR ((committee[Title]) AND opinion*[Title])) OR ((practice[Title]) AND bulletin*[Title])) OR ((clinical[Title]) AND
recommendation*[Title])) OR ((("U.S. Preventive Services Task Force"[Title/Abstract]) OR USPSTF[Title/Abstract]) OR "United States Preventive Services Task Force"[Title/Abstract])) OR ACR Appropriateness Criteria[Title])) NOT ((((((("Letter"[Publication Type]) OR "News"[Publication
Type]) OR "Patient Education Handout"[Publication Type]) OR "Comment"[Publication Type]) OR "Editorial"[Publication Type])) OR "Newspaper Article"[Publication Type]))) NOT (("Animals"[Mesh]) NOT (("Animals"[Mesh]) AND "Humans"[Mesh]))) Filters: English
Embase (Embase.com) Search for Surgical Methods for Skull fractures and Intracranial Injuries Embase
Session Results
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Query Results 'skull fracture'/exp AND 'head and neck
surgery'/exp NOT ('animals'/exp NOT 'humans'/exp) NOT ('letter'/de OR 'book'/de OR 'editorial'/de OR 'note'/de OR 'short survey'/exp) AND [1-1-2000]/sd AND (multivar*:ab,ti OR
adjust*:ab,ti OR 'multivariate analysis'/exp OR 'meta analysis'/de OR 'metaanalyses':ti OR 'metaanalysis':ti OR 'meta analysis':ti OR 'meta analyses':ti OR 'systematic review':ti OR
'systematic review'/de OR 'cochrane database of systematic reviews':jt)
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Cochrane Library search for Surgical Management of Skull Fractures Search Name:
Description:
ID Search Hits
#1 MeSH descriptor: [Skull Fractures] explode all trees
#2 MeSH descriptor: [Head Injuries, Penetrating] explode all trees
#3 #1 or #2
#4 Any MeSH descriptor with qualifier(s): [Surgery - SU]
#5 #3 and #4
