Radiofrequency Ablation therapy for hyperthyroidism Systematic Review Search Strategy
Mansour, Jobran Dontu, Pragnya Koul, Shweta Jones, Sarah Nace, Travis
Mansour, Jobran
Dontu, Pragnya
Koul, Shweta
Jones, Sarah
Nace, Travis
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2025-12-17
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https://doi.org/10.34944/b65f-nj94
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To identify studies to include or consider for this systematic review, the review team worked with librarian (SJ) to develop detailed search strategies for each database. The PRISMA-ScR extension was followed for search reporting. The librarian (SJ) developed the search for PubMed and translated the search for every database searched. The PubMed search strategy was reviewed by the research team to check for accuracy and term relevancy. All final searches were peer-reviewed by another librarian (CE) following the Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies (PRESS checklist).
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The databases included in this search are: PubMed (NLM), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (Wiley), Web of Science Core Collection (Clarivate Analytics), CINAHL (Ebscohost), and EMBASE (Elsevier), using a combination of keywords and subject headings. A grey literature search included Clinical Trials Registry (https://clinicaltrials.gov/) and Europe PMC (https://europepmc.org/). All final searches were performed on September 24, 2025 by the librarian and were fully reported on October 8, 2025. The full search strategies as reported by the librarian are provided in Appendix(___). They are also archived at [DOI].
A summary of the search results:
PubMed (NLM) from 1809 to 9/24/25 (837 results)
Embase from 1974 to 9/24/25 (1815 results)
Web of Science Core Collection (Clarivate Analytics) from 1900 to 9/24/25 (821 results)
Cochrane Central (Wiley) from inception to 9/24/25 (61 results)
CINAHL (EbscoHost) from 1976 to 9/24/25 (130 results)
Clinicaltrials.gov from inception to 9/24/25 (5 results)
Europe PMC from inception to 9/24/25 (146 results)
The search resulted in 3,815 studies. 1,235 duplicate studies were found and omitted by the librarian (SJ) using EndNote 21.This resulted in 2,580 records to screen from databases or registers. 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.
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Jones, S., Nace, T., Mansour, J., Dontu, P., and Koul, S. Search Strategies for a systematic review of Radiofrequency Ablation therapy for hyperthyroidism. December 15, 2025. Temple University Health Sciences Libraries, Evidence Synthesis and Systematic Review Service.
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