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

Abbreviation: UK, United Kingdom; RCT, randomized controlled trial; IPSS, International Prostate Symptom Score; IEFF, International Index of Erectile Function