Ventriculo‐peritoneal shunting devices for hydrocephalus
Appendices
Appendix 1. Keywords
"Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure" OR "Hydrocephalus/mortality" OR "Hydrocephalus/pathology" OR "Hydrocephalus/surgery" AND "Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts” OR "ventricular peritoneal shunt" OR (“programmable” AND “ventriculoperitoneal shunt”) OR (“conventional” AND “ventriculoperitoneal shunt”) OR "Anti‐siphon devices" OR "Codman Medos valve" OR "CSF shunt valve" OR "proGAV Programmable Valve" OR "Strata NSC" OR "Strata II Programmable CSF" OR "Medtronic Neurosurgery" OR "Chhabra hydrocephalus shunt" OR "Holter shunt valve" OR "Pudenz shunt valve" OR "Hakim shunt Device"
Appendix 2. Search strategies
| Database and date | Search algorithm |
| MEDLINE Ovid MEDLINE(R) In‐Process & Other Non‐ Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE(R) Daily and Ovid MEDLINE(R) <1946 to date> | 1 exp Hydrocephalus/ 2 hydrocephal*.ti,ab. 3 1 or 2 4 (convention* adj3 (valve* or shunt*)).ti,ab. 5 (traditional* adj3 (valve* or shunt*)).ti,ab. 6 (conservativ* adj3 (valve* or shunt*)).ti,ab. 7 (programm* adj3 (valve* or shunt*)).ti,ab. 8 (standard* adj3 (valve* or shunt*)).ti,ab. 9 (cerebrospinal* adj3 (valve* or shunt*)).ti,ab. 10 (cerebro spinal* adj3 (valve* or shunt*)).ti,ab. 11 (ventriculoperiton* adj3 (valve* or shunt*)).ti,ab. 12 (ventriculo periton* adj3 (valve* or shunt*)).ti,ab. 13 (pressure adj3 (valve* or shunt*)).ti,ab. 14 (shunt* adj4 valve*).ti,ab. 15 (endosc* adj3 ventriculost*).ti,ab. 17 (gravitat* adj3 value*).ti,ab. 18 ventriculost*.ti,ab. 19 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 20 exp Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts/ 21 exp Surgical Instruments/ 22 exp Equipment Design/ 23 20 or 21 or 22 24 19 or 23 25 3 and 24 26 systematic review.mp. 27 systematic review*.ti,ab. 28 meta analys*.ti,ab. 29 meta?nalys*.ti,ab. 30 26 or 27 or 28 or 29 31 25 and 30 32 Randomized Controlled Trial.pt. 33 Controlled Clinical Trial.pt. 34 randomi?ed.ab,ti. 35 placebo.ab,ti. 36 drug therapy.fs. 37 randomly.ab,ti. 38 trial.ab,ti. 39 groups.ab,ti. 40 32 or 33 or 34 or 35 or 36 or 37 or 38 or 39 41 Animals/ not (Humans/ and Animals/) 42 40 not 41 43 25 and 42 |
| The Cochrane Library | #1 MeSH descriptor: [Hydrocephalus] explode all trees #2 hydrocephal*:ti,ab #3 #1 or #2 #4 (valve* or shunt*):ti,ab #5 (ventriculost*):ti,ab #6 depps #7 #4 or #5 or #6 #8 MeSH descriptor: [Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts] explode all trees #9 MeSH descriptor: [Equipment Design] explode all trees #10 MeSH descriptor: [Surgical Instruments] explode all trees #11 #8 or #9 or #10 #12 #7 or #8 #13 #3 and #12 |
| Embase Ovid : Embase <1974 to date> | 1 exp hydrocephalus/ 2 hydrocephal*.ti,ab. 3 1 or 2 4 (convention* adj3 (valve* or shunt*)).ti,ab. 5 (cerebrospinal* adj3 (valve* or shunt*)).ti,ab. 6 (cerebro spinal* adj3 (valve* or shunt*)).ti,ab. 7 (ventriculoperiton* adj3 (valve* or shunt*)).ti,ab. 8 (ventriculo periton* adj3 (valve* or shunt*)).ti,ab. 9 (conservativ* adj3 (valve* or shunt*)).ti,ab. 10 (traditional* adj3 (valve* or shunt*)).ti,ab. 11 (standard* adj3 (valve* or shunt*)).ti,ab. 12 (programm* adj3 (valve* or shunt*)).ti,ab. 13 (pressure adj3 (valve* or shunt*)).ti,ab. 14 (shunt* adj4 valve*).ti,ab. 15 DEPSS*.ti,ab. 16 (endosc* adj3 ventriculost*).ti,ab. 17 (gravitat* adj3 value*).ti,ab. 18 ventriculost*.ti,ab. 19 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 20 exp cerebrospinal fluid shunting/ 21 exp equipment design/ 22 exp surgical equipment/ 23 20 or 21 or 22 24 19 or 23 25 3 and 24 26 exp "systematic review"/ 27 meta analysis/ 28 systematic review*.ti,ab. 29 meta analys*.ti,ab. 30 meta?nalys*.ti,ab. 31 Cochrane.ti,ab. 32 (MEDLINE and CENTRAL).ti,ab. 33 26 or 27 or 28 or 29 or 30 or 31 or 32 34 25 and 33 35 random*.tw. or placebo*.mp. or double blind*.mp. 36 25 and 35 |
| LILACS <1980 to date> | (tw:((mh:(hidrocefalia )) OR (tw:(hidrocefal$ OR hydrocephal$)) )) AND (tw:((tw:((tw:((tw:(convencion$ OR convention$ OR traditional$ OR tradicional$ OR conserv$ OR program$ OR standard$ OR estandar$ OR cerebrospinal$ OR cerebro spinal$ OR cefalorraquid$ OR cefalo raquid$ OR ventriculoperiton$ OR ventriculo periton$ OR presion$ OR pressure$ )) AND (tw:(shunt$ OR valv$ OR deriv$)))) OR (tw:((tw:(shunt$ OR deriv$)) AND (tw:(valv$ )))) OR (tw:((tw:(endosc$)) AND (tw:(ventriculost$)))) OR (tw:((tw:(gravita$)) AND (tw:(value$ OR valor$)))) OR (tw:((tw:(ventriculost$)))))) OR (tw:((mh:(Equipment Design )) OR (mh:(Surgical Instruments )) OR (mh:(Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts )))))) |
