CENTRAL (Wiley Online Library)

#1 MeSH descriptor: [Tendon Injuries] this term only
#2 MeSH descriptor: [Hand Injuries] 1 tree(s) exploded
#3 #1 or #2
#4 flexor*:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#5 #3 and #4
#6 MeSH descriptor: [Rupture] this term only
#7 MeSH descriptor: [Lacerations] this term only
#8 MeSH descriptor: [Wounds and Injuries] this term only
#9 Any MeSH descriptor with qualifier(s): [Injuries ‐ IN]
#10 rupture* or lacerat* or injur* or repair*:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#11 #6 or #7 or #8 or #9 or #10
#12 flexor near/5 tendon*:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#13 flexor digitorum or flexor pollicis:ti,ab,kw (Word variations have been searched)
#14 #12 or #13
#15 #11 and #14
#16 #5 or #15 in Trials

MEDLINE (Ovid Online)

1 Tendon Injuries/ or Hand Injuries/ or Finger Injuries/
2 flexor*.ti,ab.
3 1 and 2
4 Rupture/ or Lacerations/ or "Wounds and Injuries"/
5 (rupture* or lacerat* or injur*).ti,ab.
6 in.fs.
7 4 or 5 or 6
8 (flexor adj5 tendon*).ti,ab.
9 (flexor digitorum or flexor pollicis).ti,ab.
10 8 or 9
11 7 and 10
12 3 or 11
13 Randomized controlled trial.pt.
14 Controlled clinical trial.pt.
15 randomized.ab.
16 placebo.ab.
17 Drug therapy.fs.
18 randomly.ab.
19 trial.ab.
20 groups.ab.
21 or/13‐20
22 exp Animals/ not Humans/
23 21 not 22
24 12 and 23

.pt. denotes a Publication Type term;
.ab. denotes a word in the abstract;
.fs. denotes a 'floating' subheading;
/ denotes a Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) term;
.ti. denotes a word in the title.

Embase (Ovid Online)

1 Flexor Tendon Injury/
2 Tendon Injury/ or Tendon Rupture/ or Finger Injury/ or Hand Injury/
3 flexor*.ti,ab.
4 2 and 3
5 Rupture/ or Laceration/ or Injury/ or Avulsion Injury/
6 (rupture* or lacerat* or injur*).ti,ab.
7 5 or 6
8 Flexor Tendon/
9 (flexor adj5 tendon*).ti,ab.
10 (flexor digitorum or flexor pollicis).ti,ab.
11 8 or 9 or 10
12 7 and 11
13 1 or 4 or 12
14 exp Randomized Controlled Trial/ or exp Single Blind Procedure/ or exp Double Blind Procedure/ or Crossover Procedure/
15 (random* or RCT or placebo or allocat* or crossover* or 'cross over' or trial or (doubl* adj1 blind*) or (singl* adj1 blind*)).ti,ab.
16 14 or 15
17 (exp Animal/ or Animal.hw. or Nonhuman/) not (exp Human/ or Human Cell/ or (human or humans).ti.)
18 16 not 17
19 13 and 18