Table 1 Overview of the four concept terms that were used to identify all relevant literature about the postoperative outpatient appointment following spinal surgery. The concept terms encompass free text words and Mesh terms to overlap as much of the concept term as possible. The following filters were used: Language: English, Published: In the last 10 years, study type: All studies were excluded, except: Review, meta-analysis, RCT, Retro- and prospective cohort studies
Concept | Text words | MeSH terms/sub heading |
|---|---|---|
Spinal surgery | Spine*[tiab] OR Spinal*[tiab] OR verteb*[tiab] OR Thoracic Vertebrae[tiab] OR Lumbar Vertebrae[tiab] OR Cervical Vertebrae[tiab] OR Lumbosacral[tiab] OR Intervertebral Disc Degeneration[tiab] OR Degenerative Spine Disease OR ACDF[tiab] OR Anterior Cervical Discectomy*[tiab] OR Anterior Cervical Discectomy and fusion[tiab] OR Discectomy[tiab] OR Interlaminar decompression[tiab] OR Laminectom*[tiab] | “Thoracic Vertebrae”[Mesh] OR “Spine”[Mesh] OR “Lumbosacral Region”[Mesh] OR “Lumbar Vertebrae”[Mesh] OR “Intervertebral Disc Degeneration”[Mesh] OR “Sciatica”[Mesh] OR “Low Back Pain”[Mesh] OR “Diskectomy”[Mesh] OR “Laminectomy”[Mesh] |
Post operative appointment | Post operative*[tiab] OR Postoperative*[tiab] OR Post operative management [tiab] OR Postoperative management [tiab] OR Post operative care [tiab] OR Postoperative care[tiab] | “Outpatients”[Mesh] OR “Outpatient Clinics, Hospital”[Mesh] OR “Ambulatory Care”[Mesh] OR Appointments and Schedules[mh] OR Referral and Consultation[mh] |
Outpatient | Follow-up consultation [tiab] OR Surgical follow-up [tiab] Ambulatory [tiab] OR Outpatient*[tiab] OR Outpatient*[tiab] | “Outpatients”[Mesh] OR “Outpatient Clinics, Hospital”[Mesh] OR “Ambulatory Care”[Mesh] OR Appointments and Schedules[mh] OR Referral and Consultation[mh] |
Quality of care | Quality of care*[tiab] OR Quality of Life*[tiab] OR Complication*[tiab] OR Patient reported outcome measures*[tiab] OR PROM [tiab] OR PROMS [tiab] OR Patiënt satisfaction*[tiab] | “Quality of care”[Mesh] OR “Quality of Health Care”[Mesh] OR “complications”[Subheading]) OR “Postoperative Complications”[Mesh] OR “patient reported outcome measures”[MeSH Terms] OR “patient satisfaction”[MeSH Terms] |