Lumbar ac ebs rev ms

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EBSSalem Al-Dwairy

11/2/2016

Case scenario

• 46 year old man.• Chronic LBP and bilateral LL pain

and paresthesia.• Temporary rymptomatic relief

after CT guided aspiration.

Mary

Check spelling - should be 'symptomatic'

PICO• “Is surgery effective in the treatment of symptomatic intradural

lumbar spine arachnoid cyst?” or “ What is best surgical treatment : endoscopy, open marsupialization, fenestration or complete excision? • P: patients with symptomatic lumbar arachnoid cyst.• I: surgery.• C: conservative treatment.• O: treatment outcome.

Mary

There are 3 questions here: surgery vs conservative treatment; different types of surgery; is surgery effective? Be clear about the question you are asking. Your question and PICO dont match

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Mary

Which question are you answering: If it is types of surgery you should include those search terms - if it is just effectiveness of surgery then you should include terms for surgery

Mary

Why put terms for line 1 in the title field?

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Mary

Be careful using the AND NOT command, especially in the title. It could exclude relevant results.

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