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Table 1 Search strategy for each database

From: Effect of bisphosphonates on bone giant cell tumor recurrence: a meta-analysis

Database

Search strategy

Pubmed

#1 "giant cell tumor of bone"[MeSH Terms] OR "Bisphosphonates"[All Fields] OR "recurrence"[All Fields] OR "Intralesional curettage"[All Fields]

#2 "efficacy"[MeSH Terms] OR "giant cell tumor of bone"[All Fields] OR "wide resection"[All Fields]

#3 #1 AND #2

Embase

'giant cell tumor of bone'/exp OR 'Bisphosphonates'/exp OR ' recurrence'/exp OR Intralesional curettage

#2 'efficacy'/exp OR 'ICBG'/exp OR wide resection

#3 #1 AND #2

Cochrane library

(giant cell tumor of bone):ti,ab,kw (Bisphosphonates):ti,ab,kw OR (recurrence):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)

#2 (Intralesional curettage):ti,ab,kw OR (efficacy):ti,ab,kw OR (wide resection):ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)

#3 #1 AND #2