This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Journal of Robotic Surgery. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11701-017-0763-4 Title page: Prevalence of haptic feedback in robot-mediated surgery: a systematic review of literature. Author names and departments, and postal addresses: Amirabdollahian, Farshid, School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, , UK Livatino, Salvatore, School of Engineering, University of Hertfordshire, , UK Vahedi, Behrad, School of Engineering, University of Hertfordshire, , UK Gudipati, Radhika, School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, , UK Sheen, Patrick, School of Engineering, University of Hertfordshire, UK Gawrie-Mohan, Shan, Department of Anaesthetics, Lister Hospital, Stevenage, UK Vasdev Nikhil, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Urological Cancer Centre, Department of Urology, Lister Hospital, Stevenage, UK AND School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, UK 1- Name and postal address of corresponding author: Corresponding author: *Amirabdollahian, Farshid, School of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB, UK Email: f.amirabdollahian2@herts.ac.uk Tel: +44 1707 286 125 Fax: +44 1707 284 303 2- Category: Systematic Review 3- Compliance with ethical standards: a. Funding: this study was funded internally by both involved institutes, the University of Hertfordshire and the East and North Herts NHS Trust b. Conflict of interests: all Authors declare that they have no conflict of interest c. Ethical approval: this article does not contain studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors