Table 2 Characteristics of the included studies
Author | Year | Country | Study design | No. of robotic procedures | No. of laparoscopic procedures | Methods of function assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wang | 2016 | China | RCT | 71 | 66 | IPSS, IEFF |
Jayne | 2017 | UK | RCT | 175 | 176 | IPSS, IEFF |
Panteleimonitis | 2016 | UK | Retrospective | 48 | 78 | IPSS,IEFF |
Park | 2014 | Korea | Retrospective | 32 | 32 | IPSS, IEFF |
Kim | 2012 | Korea | Retrospective | 30 | 39 | IPSS, IEFF |
D‘Annibale | 2013 | Italy | Retrospective | 30 | 30 | IPSS, IEFF |