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. 2024 Sep 12;13(9):1634–1640. doi: 10.21037/tp-23-336

Table 1. The search strategy summary.

Items Specification
Date of search March 01, 2023
Databases searched PubMed and MEDLINE databases
Search terms used (‘vesico-ureteral reflux’ OR ‘VUR’) AND (‘robot’) AND (‘reimplantation’ OR ‘ureteroneocystostomy’ OR ‘RALUR’ OR ‘RALUR-EV’)
Timeframe From January 2010 to December 2022
Inclusion and exclusion criteria Inclusion criteria: English language; pediatric patients; diagnosis of VUR; robot-assisted surgery; clear clinical outcomes; original data
Exclusion criteria: insufficient data; overlapping data; reviews; case reports; commentary and opinion pieces
Selection process One author extracted the data under the supervision of the others. Disagreements were resolved by discussion
Additional consideration Primary endpoint: surgical success rate

VUR, vesicoureteral reflux; RALUR-EV, robot-assisted laparoscopic extravesical ureteral reimplantation.