Advice
Search strategy and evidence selection
Search strategy
For the clinical evidence
Embase 1980 to 2015 Week 14, Ovid MEDLINE(R) In‑Process & Other Non‑Indexed Citations and Ovid MEDLINE(R) 1946 to Present; searched 20 May 2015.
1. erbe.mp. [mp=ti, ab, ot, nm, hw, kf, px, rx, ui, tn, dm, mf, dv, kw]
2. bronchoscop*.mp. [mp=ti, ab, ot, nm, hw, kf, px, rx, ui, tn, dm, mf, dv, kw]
3. cryoprobe.mp. [mp=ti, ab, ot, nm, hw, kf, px, rx, ui, tn, dm, mf, dv, kw]
4. cryo probe.mp. [mp=ti, ab, ot, nm, hw, kf, px, rx, ui, tn, dm, mf, dv, kw]
5. 1 or 2
6. 3 or 4
7. 5 and 6
8. erbekryo.mp. [mp=ti, ab, ot, nm, hw, kf, px, rx, ui, tn, dm, mf, dv, kw]
9. erbokryo.mp. [mp=ti, ab, ot, nm, hw, kf, px, rx, ui, tn, dm, mf, dv, kw]
10. 8 or 9
11. 7 or 10
12. Remove duplicates from 11
13. Limit 12 to yr= "1985‑Current"
For the economic evidence
Embase 1980 to 2015 Week 14, Ovid MEDLINE(R) In‑Process & Other Non‑Indexed Citations and Ovid MEDLINE(R) 1946 to Present; searched 26 May 2015.
1. erbe.mp. [mp=ti, ab, ot, nm, hw, kf, px, rx, ui, tn, dm, mf, dv, kw]
2. bronchoscop*.mp. [mp=ti, ab, ot, nm, hw, kf, px, rx, ui, tn, dm, mf, dv, kw]
3. cryoprobe.mp. [mp=ti, ab, ot, nm, hw, kf, px, rx, ui, tn, dm, mf, dv, kw]
4. cryo probe.mp. [mp=ti, ab, ot, nm, hw, kf, px, rx, ui, tn, dm, mf, dv, kw]
5. 1 or 2
6. 3 or 4
7. 5 and 6
8. erbekryo.mp. [mp=ti, ab, ot, nm, hw, kf, px, rx, ui, tn, dm, mf, dv, kw]
9. erbokryo.mp. [mp=ti, ab, ot, nm, hw, kf, px, rx, ui, tn, dm, mf, dv, kw]
10. 8 or 9
11. 7 or 10
12. Remove duplicates from 11
13. Limit 12 to yr= "1985‑Current"
(Cost* or economic*).mp. [mp=ti, ab, ot, nm, hw, kf, px, rx, ui, tn, dm, mf, dv, kw]
13 and 14
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews: Issue 5 of 12, May 2015; Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials: Issue 4 of 12, April 2015; Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effect: Issue 2 of 4, April 2015;
Health Technology Assessment Database: Issue 2 of 4, April 2015;
NHS Economic Evaluation Database: Issue 2 of 4, April 2015.
Evidence selection
For the clinical evidence
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Total number of publications reviewed: 118
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Total number of publications considered relevant: 28
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Total number of publications selected for inclusion in this briefing: 5
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Exclusion criteria: case studies, editorials, letters, reviews, animal studies, and non‑English language studies, non‑randomised cryobiopsy trials, transbronchial biopsy studies, studies with sample size <20 patients receiving flexible cryoprobe, publication before year 2000.