Brief description of patient problem/setting (summarize the case very briefly) On the surgery floor you go to talk to a patient about a future appendectomy. The patient has read about robotic-assisted appendectomies. He wonders about if they are a better match for him over doing a laparoscopic appendectomy. Search Question: Clearly state the question (including outcomes or criteria to be tracked) In surgical patients undergoing an appendectomy, do robotic-assisted approaches to an appendectomy reduce operative time and time to discharge versus doing a laparoscopic appendectomy? Question Type: What kind of question is this? (boxes now checkable in Word) ☐Prevalence                 …