Dimitri Aristotle Raptis
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Pioneer (United States), Alfaisal University
Papers
10
Total Citations
206
H-Index
6
About
Dimitri Aristotle Raptis is a pioneering surgical innovator whose work sits at the cutting edge of robotic surgery and liver transplantation. His research has fundamentally advanced the field of minimally invasive organ transplantation, with a particular focus on demonstrating that fully robotic techniques can surpass traditional open and laparoscopic approaches in both donor safety and recipient outcomes. His landmark 2024 registry study of 3,448 cases — already accumulating 50 citations — provided compelling evidence that robotic living donor hepatectomy delivers superior results across the transplant spectrum. Alongside collaborators including Dieter Broering, Raptis has helped pioneer fully robotic donor hepatectomy and recipient liver graft implantation, work described as opening "a new horizon in liver transplantation" and garnering 48 citations within its first year. His contributions extend to establishing standardized benchmarks for robotic liver resection and integrating real-time indocyanine green fluorescence cholangiography to improve biliary outcomes. With nearly 200 citations accumulated across just his ten most recent publications — all from 2024–2025 — Raptis represents one of the most impactful emerging voices reshaping modern transplant surgery through technological innovation.
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- 3Revolutionizing Organ Transplantation With Robotic Surgery33 citations · 2024
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- 8Fully Robotic Left Lobe Donor Hepatectomy Is Safer Compared to Open6 citations · 2025
- 9Fully robotic recipient left graft living donor liver transplantation5 citations · 2025
- 10Robotic donor hepatectomy for living donor liver transplantation5 citations · 2024