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    Literature search strategy

    Databases

    Date searched

    Version/files

    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews – CDSR (Cochrane Library)

    28/09/2021

    Issue 9 of 12, September 2021

    Cochrane Central Database of Controlled Trials – CENTRAL (Cochrane Library)

    28/09/2021

    Issue 9 of 12, September 2021

    MEDLINE (Ovid)

    28/09/2021

    1946 to September 27, 2021

    MEDLINE In-Process (Ovid) & Medline ePub ahead (Ovid)

    28/09/2021

    1946 to September 27, 2021

    EMBASE (Ovid)

    28/09/2021

    1946 to September 27, 2021

    Trial sources searched

    • Clinicaltrials.gov

    • ISRCTN

    • WHO International Clinical Trials Registry

    Websites searched

    • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

    • NHS England

    • Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - MAUDE database

    • Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures – Surgical (ASERNIP – S)

    • Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network (ANZHSN)

    • General internet search

    The following search strategy was used to identify papers in MEDLINE. A similar strategy was used to identify papers in other databases.

    Literature search strategy

    Number

    Search term

    1

    Metatarsophalangeal Joint/

    2

    Toe joint/

    3

    ((metatars* adj4 phalangeal) or metatarsophalangeal or metatarso-phalangeal).tw.

    4

    (MTP or MTPJ).tw.

    5

    (big toe* or great toe*).tw.

    6

    or/1-5

    7

    Hallux Valgus/

    8

    hallux rigidus/

    9

    hallux limitus/

    10

    (hallux valgus or hallux rigidus or hallux limitus).tw

    11

    or/7-10

    12

    Arthroplasty/

    13

    Arthroplasty, Replacement/

    14

    Hemiarthroplasty/

    15

    Joint Prosthesis/

    16

    polyvinyl alcohol/

    17

    (arthroplast* or hemiarthroplast* or joint prosthe*).tw.

    18

    surg* reconstruct*.tw

    19

    ((synthetic or artificial* or hydrogel* or polymer gel or polyvinyl or biomaterial*) adj4 (device or replace* or reconstruct* or implant* or insert* or prosthe*)).tw.

    20

    SCI.tw.

    21

    or/12-20

    22

    6 or 11

    23

    21 and 22

    24

    Cartiva*.tw.

    25

    23 or 24

    26

    animals/ not humans/

    27

    25 not 26

    28

    limit 27 to english language