Table 1

Presents the search strategy for Medline

Search items
1Colonic Neoplasm
2Colonic Cancer
3Cancer of Colon
41–3/OR
5Laparoscopic Colectomy
6Right Colectomy
7Left Colectomy
8Sigmoidectomy
9Hemicolectomy
105–9/OR
11Robotic Surgical Procedures
12Robot
13Robot-assisted
1411–13/OR
15Digestive System Fistula
16Intestinal Fistula
17Infection
18Sepsis
19Mortality
20Length of Hospitalization
21Malnutrition
2215–21/OR
234 AND 10 AND 22