Search strategy and sources of information
In general, the search strategy in MEDLINE / Pubmed, Web of Science, ScienceDirect Journals (Elsevier), Scopus (Elsevier), OneFile (Gale) followed the following steps: - search for MeSH Terms: Robotic surgery. Minimally invasive surgery. Prostate cancer. Prostatectomy and use of the bouleanos ”and” between the mesh terms and ”or” among the historical findings.