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Table 4 Search strategy: MEDLINE (PubMed)

From: Laparoscopic versus open gastrectomy for locally advanced gastric cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies

Recent queries in PubMed

Search

Query

Items found

#3

Search (#2) AND ("1980/01/01"[Date - Publication]: "2018/12/31"[Date - Publication])

3064

#2

Search (#1) AND (laparosc* OR "minimally-invasive")

3120

#1

Search ((gastrectomy) AND (gastric OR stomach)) AND (cancer OR carcinoma)

20646