Review Article

A Critical Overview of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Acupuncture for Female Stress Urinary Incontinence

Table 1

Search strategy for the PubMed database.

QuerySearch terms

#1“Acupuncture” [mesh]
#2“Pharmacopuncture” OR “acupuncture” OR “plum blossom needle” OR “fire needling” OR “warm needling” OR “electroacupuncture”
#3#1 OR #2
#4“Urinary Incontinence”[Mesh]
#5“Incontinence, urinary”, “urinary incontinence”
#6#4 OR #5
#7“Urinary incontinence, stress”[mesh]
#8“Urinary stress incontinence” or “incontinence, urinary stress” or “stress incontinence, urinary” or “stress urinary incontinence”
#9#7 OR #8
#10#6 OR #9
#11Meta-analysis as topic [mesh]
#12“Systematic review” OR “meta-analysis” OR “meta analysis” OR “meta-analyses” OR “review, systematic” OR “systematic reviews”
#13#12 OR #13
#14#3 AND #10 AND #13