Review Article

Systematic Review and Meta: Analysis of Aortic Graft Infections following Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

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Search strategies.

Search terms (keyword and thesaurus subject headings, e.g., MeSH and Emtree)Database

Aort / AORTA explode /MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PUBMED
Graft / VASCULAR GRAFTING Major/selectMEDLINE, PUBMED
Infect / INFECTION select/explode/majorMEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PUBMED
Aortic ADJ3 graft ADJ3 infect / “aortic graft infection” / Graft ADJ3 infectMEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PUBMED
SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION explode / GRAFTS major/selectCINAHL
AORTA GRAFT explodeEMBASE