Table 2 Search strategy

PubMed

(((((“Cognitive Dysfunction/complications”[Mesh] OR “Cognitive Dysfunction/ethnology”[Mesh] OR “Cognitive Dysfunction/etiology”[Mesh] OR “Cognitive Dysfunction/physiopathology”[Mesh] OR “Cognitive Dysfunction/prevention and control”[Mesh] OR “Cognitive Dysfunction/surgery”[Mesh])) OR “Postoperative Cognitive Complications”[Mesh]) AND “Cataract”[Mesh]) OR “Cataract Extraction”[Mesh]) AND “Anesthesia”[Mesh]

English

MEDLINE

(From 2000 to August 2024)

165

Scopus

(TITLE-ABS-KEY (cognitive AND dysfunction) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ( postoperative AND cognitive AND complications) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ( postoperative AND cognitive AND dysfunction) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ( cognition) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY ( cataract) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ( cataract AND extraction) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY ( anesthesia) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ( anesthesia AND general) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ( local AND anesthesia))

English

(From 2000 to August 2024)

25

Web Of Science

(((((((((TS = (Postoperative Cognitive Complications)) OR TS = (cognitive dysfunction)) OR TS = (postoperative cognitive dysfunction)) OR TS = (cognition)) AND TS = (cataract)) OR TS = (Cataract Extraction)) AND TS = (anesthesia)) OR TS = (local anesthesia)) OR TS = (general anesthesia)) OR TS = (anesthetic modalit*)

English

Web Of Science Categories: Ophthalmology/

Anesthesiology/

research management science/ exclude review articles/ Keywords: cataract- anesthesia

(From 2000 to August 2024)

550

Google Scholar

cataract anesthesia “cognitive dysfunction” “postoperative cognitive dysfunction”

English

(From 2000 to August 2024)

576