Additional table 2: Records retrieved by individual search terms in Embase
Generic Adverse Effects Terms in the Title
Complications
Adverse event
Adverse events
Risk
Safe
Generic Adverse Effects Terms in the Abstract
Complications
Complication
Safety
Adverse adj2 events (adverse swelling events)
Risk
Safe
Adverse events
Adverse effects
Adverse reactions
Safely
Adverse event
Risks
Untoward effects
Generic Adverse Effects Indexing Terms
Postoperative complication
Drug safety
Risk
Absence of side effects
Chemically induced disorder
Device safety
Drug induced disease
Patient safety
Safety
Unspecified side effect
Subheadings
Complication
Adverse Drug Reaction
Side effect
Drug toxicity
Embase Section Headings
Adverse Reactions Titles
Number of Embase records
6 (plus one duplicate)
1
1
1
1
Number of Embase records
17 (plus one duplicate)
10 (plus one duplicate)
10
8 (plus one duplicate)
8
7 (plus two duplicates)
7 (plus one duplicate)
2
2
2
1
1
1
Specific Adverse Effects Terms in the Title
Airway obstruction
Radiculitis
Heterotopic bone formation
Dysphagia
Osteolysis
Pancreatic cancer
Renal insufficiency
Retrograde ejaculation
Number of Embase records
2
2
1 (plus one duplicate)
1
1
1
1
1
11
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
27
12
9
1
9
Subsidence (same paper as osteolysis)
Swelling
1
1
Specific Adverse Effects Terms in the Abstract
Blood loss
Dysphagia
Pseudarthrosis
Radiculitis
Subsidence
Swelling
Osteolysis
Hoarseness
Donor site pain
Heterotopic bone formation
Ossification
Airway obstruction
cyst formation
Discomfort
Donor-site morbidity
Dyspnea
Edema
Retrograde ejaculation
Wound complications
Wound infection
Bone regrowth
Donor-site infection
Excessive bone formation
Fracture
Hematoma formation
Hematomas
Inflammatory reactions
Neurologic deficit
Renal insufficiency
Wound complication
Number of Embase records
10 (plus 3 duplicate)
8 (plus one duplicate)
7 (plus one duplicate)
5
5
5
4
3 (plus one duplicate)
2 (plus one duplicate)
2 (plus one duplicate)
3
2
2
1 (plus one duplicate)
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Specific Adverse Effects Indexing Terms
Pseudarthrosis
Bleeding
Dysphagia
Infection
Intervertebral disk hernia
Hoarseness
Radiculitis
Spine disease
Degenerative disease
hematoma
Heterotopic ossification
Bone swelling
Drug induced cancer
Number of Embase records
13
10
10
6
6
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
dyspnea
Injury
Neoplasm
Neurologic disease
Radiculopathy
Retrograde ejaculation
Swelling
wound complication
Wound infection
Acute airway obstruction
Airway obstruction
Arthritis
Bone erosion
Bone infection
Bursitis
Drug fatality
Edema
Fever
Fracture
Fracture nonunion
Graft dysfunction
Joint swelling
Mortality
Nerve injury
Neurological complication
Neuropathic pain
Osteoarthritis
Pancreas cancer
paresthesia
Postoperative hemorrhage
Postoperative infection
Sepsis
Seroma
Surgical infection
Tarlov cyst
Vertebra fracture
Weakness
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1