Table 1

Search strategy used in Medline via PubMed.

No.Search items
#1Laparoscopy(MH) OR Laparoscop*(TW) OR Celioscop*(TW) OR Peritoneoscop*(TW) OR ‘Laparoscopic Surger*’(TW) OR ‘Laparoscopic Assisted Surger*’(TW) OR ‘Surgical Procedures, Laparoscopic’(TW) OR ‘Procedures, Laparoscopic Surgical’(TW) OR ‘Surgery, Laparoscopic’(TW) OR ‘Surgeries, Laparoscopic’(TW) OR ‘Surgery, Laparoscopic Assisted’(TW) OR ‘Surgical Procedure, Laparoscopic’(TW)
#2‘Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures’(MH) OR ‘Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedure*’(TW) OR (Minimal*(TW) AND (‘Invasive Surg*’(TW) OR ‘Surgical Procedu*’(TW) OR ‘Access Surg*’(TW))) OR ‘Surgical Procedure, Minimal’(TW) OR ‘Surgical Procedures, Minimal’(TW) OR ‘Surgeries, Minimally Invasive’(TW) OR ‘Surgery, Minimally Invasive’(TW)
#3‘Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic’(MH) OR ‘Cholecystectomies, Laparoscopic’(TW) OR ‘Laparoscopic Cholecystectom*’(TW) OR ‘Celioscopic Cholecystectom*’(TW)
#4‘Surgery, Computer-Assisted’(MH) OR ‘Surgery, Computer Assisted’(TW) OR ((‘Computer-Assisted’(TW) OR ‘Computer-Aided’(TW) OR ‘Image-Guided’ OR ‘Computer Assisted’(TW) OR ‘Computer Aided’(TW) OR ‘Image Guided’) AND Surg*(TW)) OR ‘Surgical Navigation’(TW) OR ‘Navigation, Surgical’(TW)
#5‘Hand-Assisted Laparoscopy’(MH) OR (‘Hand Assisted’(TW) OR ‘Hand-Assisted’(TW)) AND (Laparoscop*(TW) OR ‘Laparoscopic Surger*’(TW)) OR ‘Laparoscopy, Hand-Assisted’(TW) OR (Surg*(TW) AND (‘Hand-Assisted’(TW) OR ‘Hand Assisted’(TW))
#6‘Nephrolithotomy, Percutaneous’(MH) OR ‘Percutaneous Nephrolithotom*’(TW) OR ‘PCNL’(TW) OR ‘percutaneous kidney stone removal’(TW)
#7#1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 OR #6
#8‘Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting’(MH) OR ‘Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting’(TW) OR PONV(TW) OR (‘Postop*’(TW) OR ‘Post-op*’(TW)) AND (Nausea(TW) OR Vomiting(TW) OR Emesis(TW) OR ‘nausea and vomiting’(TW))
#9Nausea(MH) OR Nausea(TW) OR (postpro*(TW) OR postsurg*(TW)) AND nausea OR ‘Nausea, Postoperative’(TW)
#10Vomiting(MH) OR Vomiting(TW) OR Emesis(TW) OR ‘post-procedure vomiting’(TW) OR ‘vomiting, postoperative’(TW)
#11#8 OR #9 OR #10
#12#7 AND #11
#13‘Herbal Medicine’(MH) OR ‘Plants, Medicinal’(MH) OR ‘Medicine, Traditional’(MH) OR ‘Drugs, Chinese Herbal’(MH) OR herb*(TIAB) OR plant(TIAB) OR plants(TIAB) OR phytomedicine(TIAB) OR botanical(TIAB) OR weed*(TIAB) OR algae(TIAB) OR fungi(TIAB) OR fungus(TIAB) OR (traditional(TIAB) OR chinese(TIAB) OR herbal(TIAB)) AND medicine(TIAB) OR (oriental(TIAB) OR chinese(TIAB)) AND tradition*(TIAB)
#14#12 AND #13
  • MH, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) terms; TW, text words; TIAB, title/abstract.